President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
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Cliff Richard was awarded £210,000 in damages after winning a privacy case against the BBC.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf in Germany.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
