The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
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Leningrad's siege by Germans ended in the wake of 650,000 perished citizens.
President Donald Trump banned citizens of seven countries from entering the US.
Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber gave a warning that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor.
A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
