Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Lend-Lease act to send military equipment to Ukraine.
The brand-new Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crashes.
President Barack Obama officially declared his support of same-sex marriage.
The Huffington Post was launched, founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
Pete Peterson becomes the first U.S. ambassador to visit Vietnam after the end of the war.
Five bank robbers armed themselves and attempted a heist in Norco, California.
Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed.
The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
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.
The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.
A steam locomotive called City of Truro became the first steam engine to go over 100 miles per hour.
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.
An attempt was made to steal the Crown Jewels.
Christopher Columbus embarked on his fourth and final journey into the New World.
