A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
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The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, embarked on its maiden voyage from Miami.
Leningrad's siege by Germans ended in the wake of 650,000 perished citizens.
Michael Jackson's hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in front of 3,000 fans.
The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
