The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain.
The Ballot Act required elections to be held by secret ballot.
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Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal, placing him at the highest rank in the military.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.