A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
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American mobster Charles Luciano (also known as Lucky Luciano) was trialed and sentenced to 30-50 years in prison.
The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
