The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
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Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
A pair of Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships broke the record for the highest-selling sneakers at auction.
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
