The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.
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The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table.
Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
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.