Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his “slave name” of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.
Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
Oreos first went on sale.
