The USSR launched Venus III, an uncrewed spacecraft that successfully landed on Venus 

Oklahoma becomes 46th state 

Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 

3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 5-Apr seconds 

The Suez Canal, which had taken ten years to build, was formally opened 

Australian explorer Hamilton Hume discovered the Murray River, the longest river in Australia