The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
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The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
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.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
