In Hong Kong
1965: The results of the English School Certificate Examination were released by the Education Department. They revealed 5,262 of the candidates passed, out of the 9,680 who took the test.
1969: A youth was shot dead when he attacked a detective with a chopper in front of the Show Boat Nightclub in King's Road, North Point. The detective was part of an ambush trying to prevent a triad gang fight.
1971: Wilfrid Brambell, best known for his role in the British TV comedy series Steptoe And Son, arrived in Hong Kong for a party on the Peak in his honour.
1985: Police inspector Jeffrey Davison was found not guilty of killing inspector Graham Dallas with a kitchen knife in a violent struggle in 1984. They had been involved in a triangular relationship with a Thai woman.
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