A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
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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.
The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
The Vietnam War officially ended, for the US at least, after the Paris Peace Accords were signed.
Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
