The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
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Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, embarked on its maiden voyage from Miami.
Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian who had 'a pact with the devil,' was found guilty of witchcraft.
A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
Leningrad's siege by Germans ended in the wake of 650,000 perished citizens.
