When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
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The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
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.
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.
