The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
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A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
