Christopher Columbus embarked on his fourth and final journey into the New World.
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The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
An attempt was made to steal the Crown Jewels.
German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy, who found an Enigma cipher machine onboard.
The noir psychological thriller film 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released.