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.
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.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
