This Day In History--July 18

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.

1925--The first volume of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was published.

1936--The Spanish Civil War began.

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.

1999--New York Yankee David Cone pitched the 16th perfect game in baseball history.