64
The Great Fire of Rome
A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them.
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1925
The first volume of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was published.
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1936
The Spanish Civil War began.
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1947
President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act.
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1976
14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals.
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1999
New York Yankee David Cone pitched the 16th perfect game in baseball history.
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