Coca-Cola was named the world’s largest plastic polluter by the charity “Break Free From Plastic.”
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A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
Justin II of Byzantine adopted Tiberius, his general, and proclaimed him Caesar.
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Apollo 17 launched the final manned lunar landing mission, during which the crew took the famous 'blue marble' photo of the entire Earth.
