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2003: Hungarian boxer László Papp—who was the first three-time Olympic boxing champion, winning gold medals in 1948, 1952, and 1956—died at age 77. [How much do you know about boxing?]
1978: Karol Józef Wojtyła of Poland was elected pope; he assumed the name John Paul II and was the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years. [Test your knowledge of the papacy.]
1968: During the awards ceremony for the 200-metre race at the Mexico City Olympics, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a Black-power salute, for which they were later ordered to leave the Games. [Take our quiz about Olympic history.]
1964: China, eager to join the nuclear race, successfully detonated its first atomic bomb. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about China.]
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