The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
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When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
