When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
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John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
