Athlete Tom O’Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
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The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
The first computers were affected by the Michelangelo virus, which activated annually on March 6.
Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was listed as the richest person on Forbes.
