The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
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On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.
A pair of Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships broke the record for the highest-selling sneakers at auction.
