The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.
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A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
