The drama TV show “L.A. Law” premiered on NBC.
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A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Parts of Central and Eastern Europe were catastrophically flooded as they were struck by Storm Boris.
The Invasion of the Cape Colony came to an end. The Dutch Cape Colony surrendered to the British after three months of battling.
Spanish Catholic priest Joseph Calasanz started the first public and free school in Europe.
The Soviet Union launched Zond 5, the first spacecraft to successfully circle the moon and return to earth.
