Forest fires spread across large areas of Sweden.
Cliff Richard was awarded £210,000 in damages after winning a privacy case against the BBC.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal, placing him at the highest rank in the military.
Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
American mobster Charles Luciano (also known as Lucky Luciano) was trialed and sentenced to 30-50 years in prison.
Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf in Germany.
The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
The first stone of Giotto's Campanile in Italy was laid.
King Edward I of England decreed that all Jews must leave the country by November.
A fire broke out in the evening and swept through the city of Rome, which lasted longer than a week.
