John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
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The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
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.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
