American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
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Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
King Edward I of England decreed that all Jews must leave the country by November.