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.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
