Explorer Christopher Columbus was given funding for his first journey.
He signed the contract in Santa Fe near Granada, Spain, and set sail to find the Indies on August 3.
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Seven Irish prisoners broke out of the Western Australian Colony's Fremantle Prison and fled to the US.
Dua Lipa made the cover of the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
