A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
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Tanks were used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme, during World War I.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos Islands.
The UK's prime minister Boris Johnson compared himself to The Hulk in his efforts to steer the country out of the European Union.
Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in China.
The Invasion of the Cape Colony came to an end. The Dutch Cape Colony surrendered to the British after three months of battling.