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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1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Game of Thrones premiered on HBO.
Dua Lipa made the cover of the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.
Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.
