People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
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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.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
