The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
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President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
The noir psychological thriller film 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released.
A steam locomotive called City of Truro became the first steam engine to go over 100 miles per hour.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
