The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.
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John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
British astronomer William Lassell discovered two of Uranus' moons, Ariel and Umbriel.
Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
