The southern parts of Great Britain were struck by The Great Storm of 1703, which took the lives of 9,000 people.
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The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
A ban on diesel cars was called for in France.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity 'Break Free From Plastic.'
One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.
Apollo 17 launched the final manned lunar landing mission, during which the crew took the famous 'blue marble' photo of the entire Earth.
