The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
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Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
British astronomer William Lassell discovered two of Uranus' moons, Ariel and Umbriel.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.