Athlete Tom O’Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
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Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
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.
The first US telecast was made from an airplane flying over New York City.
Felix Hoffmann patented one of the world's most common drugs, Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
