2013 Event Swimmer Diana Nyad makes history, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage 2010 Event International shark experts are called to investigate attacks on tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh that included one fatality 1970 Birthday Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1959 Event 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 Event Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark 1941 Birthday Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, actor, Tiger Shark 1916 Event 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die)
