The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
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The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
The noir psychological thriller film 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released.
John Burr patented a better rotary blade lawn mower, designed with traction wheels and a rotary blade that would not easily get stuck with grass clipping.
