Seven Irish prisoners broke out of the Western Australian Colony’s Fremantle Prison and fled to the US.
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A US National Reconnaissance Office mission launched on a reused SpaceX booster for the first time.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.
American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
