Supreme Court ruled bans on interracial marriage unconstitutional.
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China increased its one-child policy to two children per family.
The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
The British House of Commons passed the Slavery Abolition Act.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
