Coca-Cola was named the world’s largest plastic polluter by the charity “Break Free From Plastic.”
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Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer, became the first batsman to score 100 runs in four consecutive test matches.
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph to the editors of 'Scientific American.'
