Slavery in Ethiopia came to an end thanks to Emperor Haile Selassie.
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The movie 'Thor' premiered in cinemas in Sydney, Australia.
1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of people who died worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic had reached three million.
FedEx officially began its operations and flew 186 packages to 25 cities on the US's East Coast.
