The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.
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The noir psychological thriller film 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released.
German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy, who found an Enigma cipher machine onboard.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
A steam locomotive called City of Truro became the first steam engine to go over 100 miles per hour.
The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
