Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer, became the first batsman to score 100 runs in four consecutive test matches.
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Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity 'Break Free From Plastic.'
A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
