Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
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The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.
The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.
