American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
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Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
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.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf in Germany.
