American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
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The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.
NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
Cliff Richard was awarded £210,000 in damages after winning a privacy case against the BBC.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
