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• 1925

  Publication of the first volume of Mein Kampf, the political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler that became the bible of Nazism in Germany’s Third Reich, was published July 18, 1925. Two years later the second volume appeared.

  

  BERLIN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 15: A 1941 edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” (“My Struggle”) stands at the library of the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) on December 15, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The state of Bavaria took possession of the copyright to the book after World War II, though the copyright is due to expire and the book will enter the public domain on January 1, 2016. Germany will continue to heavily restrict publication of the book in Germany though it will have little control over publications abroad. Hitler wrote the book that is both an autobiography and also presents his political vision while he was a prisoner in Germany in he 1920s. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

• 2013

  Detroit submitted a claim for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, the largest such filing for a U.S. city ever.  Detroit emerged from bankruptcy the following year.

• 1976

  For her performance in the uneven parallel bars at the Olympic Games in Montreal, Romania’s Nadia Comăneci became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.

  

  Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci on the asymmetric bars at the Olympic Games in Montreal. (Photo by Frank Barratt/Getty Images)

• 1944

  Allied forces captured the French town of Saint-Lô, a vital communications center, during World War II.

• 1927

  American baseball player (Detroit Tigers center fielder) Ty Cobb collected his 4,000th career hit. Cobb’s 4,189 total career hits still ranks second on the All Time Major League Career list, trailing only Pete Rose’s 4,256!

  

  27 Sep 1999: A view of the Tiger Stadium with Tyrus Raymond Cobb plaque taken during the last game played at the Tiger Stadium against the Kansas City Royals in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Royals 8-2. Mandatory Credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport

• 1921

  John Glenn was born. He became a United States Marine Corps aviator, an engineer, an astronaut, businessman, and U.S. Senator from Ohio. Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completed three orbits in 1962. He was also the oldest person to fly in a NASA Shuttle, completing a 9-day team mission aboard the Shuttle Discovery in 1998!

• 1817

  The English novelist Jane Austen, author of classics such as Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813), died in Winchester, Hampshire. She was just 41.

  

  CHAWTON, ENGLAND – JULY 18: Books are displayed at the home of the celebrated late British author Jane Austen on July 18, 2017 in Chawton, England. Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life in the cottage in Hampshire from 1809 until 1817, before dying on July 18, 1817, of an unknown illness. Today marks the 200th anniversary of her death. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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