American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
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A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal, placing him at the highest rank in the military.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
