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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A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.
The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).