Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
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The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
Oreos first went on sale.
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
