Spanish Civil War / Mein Kampf / Nadia Comăneci

-1334

Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone.

-1925

Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf; the original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice."

-1936

General Francisco Franco issued a manifesto and led an uprising in the Spanish army in Morocco, causing the Spanish Civil War.

-1940

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who became America's 32nd president in 1933, was nominated for an unprecedented third term.

-1976

Nadia Comăneci becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 at the Montreal Games.

-2012

Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.

-2013

Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy in history, with a debt of $18.5 billion.

-2023

British Columbia's wildfire season is the most destructive on record, burning 18.496 million ha (45.70 million acres), with 6,551 fires.