The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
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Seven Irish prisoners broke out of the Western Australian Colony's Fremantle Prison and fled to the US.
A US National Reconnaissance Office mission launched on a reused SpaceX booster for the first time.
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
FedEx officially began its operations and flew 186 packages to 25 cities on the US's East Coast.
Slavery in Ethiopia came to an end thanks to Emperor Haile Selassie.
