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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The movie 'Thor' premiered in cinemas in Sydney, Australia.
Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.
A US National Reconnaissance Office mission launched on a reused SpaceX booster for the first time.
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.
