The oldest university in Poland, Jagiellonian University, was founded–
Manitoba Act passed, approving Manitoba to become a Canadian province–
Charles Sherrill first demonstrated a crouching start for sprinters–
Adler Planetarium, first in U.S., opened–
Manitoba’s flag officially adopted–
Montreal was chosen as the site for the 1976 Summer Olympics–
U.S. Commerce Department announced hurricanes would no longer be named solely after women–
Susie Maroney swam from Cuba to Florida in 24.5 hours–
The discovery of what is likely the Library of Alexandria was announced–
American sprinter Justin Gatlin, Olympic champion, broke the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.76 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. Previous record was 9.77 seconds by Jamaica’s Asafa Powell on June 14, 2005, in Athens, Greece.–
