2019
The European Union Parliament declared single-use plastics were to be banned by 2021.
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2017
The world’s largest dinosaur footprint was discovered.
The 5.5 foot (1.7 meter) gigantic dinosaur footprint was discovered in Kimberley, Western Australia. Paleontologists also found 21 different types of dinosaur prints on this day, making it the most diverse collection.
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2017
The UK issued a new 12-sided £1 coin into circulation.
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2009
The strain of swine flu known as H1N1 had its first case in the US.
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1995
Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank merged to become the world’s largest bank.
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1979
A nuclear disaster occurred at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, US.
The accident began when a pressure valve refused to close, causing a radiation leak.
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1960
Stanley Kramer became the first person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Kramer was an American film director and producer.
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1949
The term “Big Bang” was coined by Fred Hoyle in a radio interview.
Despite coining the term, Hoyle refuted the scientific theory.
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1933
An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.
It was quite likely the first time in history that an aircraft crashed due to sabotage. In an attempt to escape from the police, one of the passengers set fire to the plane and leaped from it before it crash-landed. No one, including the accused saboteur, survived.
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1910
Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the world’s first seaplane in Martinique, France.
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1891
The world’s first weightlifting championship took place in London, England.
There were only seven athletes who took part in the event, and the winner was Edward Lawrence.
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1801
The Treaty of Florence was signed, which ended the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
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