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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Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer, became the first batsman to score 100 runs in four consecutive test matches.
An assassination attempt was made on the First Lady of the Philippines.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity ''Break Free From Plastic.”
Apollo 17 launched the final manned lunar landing mission, during which the crew took the famous 'blue marble' photo of the entire Earth.