The Beatles released their single “Let it Be.”
The hit entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #6 and soon found its way to #1.
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Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.
The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.