1916 – 1st of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occur at Beach Haven when Charles Vansant (25) bled to death, challenging previous scientific belief that sharks never hurt humans, and sparking popular fear over sharks which persists today
1944 – Graf (Count) Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono are admitted to hospital after a car crash
1987 – New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
1987 – WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN’s country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
1990 – In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1995 – All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players – no games lost
1997 – United Kingdom returns Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People’s Republic of China
1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh
2000 – The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic