Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
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Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.
Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.
