Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
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Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.
Tony Hawk landed the first '900' on a skateboard at the 5th annual X Games in San Francisco.
Queen Elizabeth II of England declared the 30th Olympics opened in London, UK.
The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
The first recorded example of having to 'quarantine' was written by The Ragusan Republic.
