Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
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The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
