The World Economic Forum announced that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by as early as 2050.
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Wikipedia was launched.
The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles.
Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River, NYC.
