The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
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Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
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.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
