1521 β Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovers the island of Guam during his circumnavigation of the globe β΅ π΄
1853 β Giuseppe Verdi's acclaimed opera La Traviata premieres in Venice, initially receiving a poor reception before becoming a global staple π πΆ
1869 β Dmitri Mendeleev presents the very first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society, organising elements by atomic mass π§ͺ π
1899 β The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer officially registers "Aspirin" as a trademark π π©πͺ
1902 β Real Madrid, one of the most successful and widely supported football clubs in the world, is officially founded in Spain β½ πͺπΈ
1927 β Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez, the Nobel Prize-winning author who popularised magical realism with One Hundred Years of Solitude, is born in Colombia π π¨π΄
1930 β Clarence Birdseye begins selling the first commercially packaged frozen foods in Springfield, Massachusetts βοΈ π₯¦
2018 β Forbes names Jeff Bezos the wealthiest person in the world, marking the first time someone registered a net worth over $100 billion on their list π° π
