Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his “slave name” of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
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Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.
The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.
