American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
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Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.
Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.