64: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.
1936:The Spanish Civil War began.
1947:President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act.
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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