The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
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Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.
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.
