Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
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The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.
Oreos first went on sale.
