The US launched the first monkey into space aboard a V2 sounding rocket.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
The first panda arrived in the US from China.
The first of four fatal shark attacks happened on New Jersey shores.
Canada's last-ever sighting of the Eastern Cougar was found in Ontario.
P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
The first Westminster dog show took place.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
There were sightings of a giant sea serpent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
