The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
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People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
