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.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
A pair of Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships broke the record for the highest-selling sneakers at auction.
