North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal, placing him at the highest rank in the military.
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NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf in Germany.
The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
