Seven Irish prisoners broke out of the Western Australian Colony’s Fremantle Prison and fled to the US.
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Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Dua Lipa made the cover of the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
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American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
Explorer Christopher Columbus was given funding for his first journey.