What were the shark attacks of 1916? [What Was?]by Medina, Nico 

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Subjects: Shark attacks - New Jersey - History|y20th century

Summary: On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Carles Vasant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water off Beach Haven, New Jersey, the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks.