A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
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Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in China.
Spanish Catholic priest Joseph Calasanz started the first public and free school in Europe.
The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
Michael Stewart, a victim of police brutality, was beaten and arrested in New York.
Tanks were used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme, during World War I.