John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
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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.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
