Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
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The first recorded example of having to 'quarantine' was written by The Ragusan Republic.
The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
The Battle of Bouvines began.
Queen Elizabeth II of England declared the 30th Olympics opened in London, UK.
NASA decided to suspend space shuttle flights after analyzing the launch of mission STS-114.
