Explorer Christopher Columbus was given funding for his first journey.
He signed the contract in Santa Fe near Granada, Spain, and set sail to find the Indies on August 3.
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Slavery in Ethiopia came to an end thanks to Emperor Haile Selassie.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of people who died worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic had reached three million.
American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
