North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal, placing him at the highest rank in the military.
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The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain.
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf in Germany.
NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
