1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
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Seven Irish prisoners broke out of the Western Australian Colony's Fremantle Prison and fled to the US.
Game of Thrones premiered on HBO.
Using gene therapy, eight babies suffering from ''bubble boy disease" were cured in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dua Lipa made the cover of the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
FedEx officially began its operations and flew 186 packages to 25 cities on the US's East Coast.
