President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
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Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
King Edward I of England decreed that all Jews must leave the country by November.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.