President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
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The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
The Huffington Post was launched, founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti.
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