Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his “slave name” of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
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Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
The Beatles released their single ''Let it Be."
The world's oldest message in a bottle was found.
Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.