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Events on the year of 1916 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
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01 Jan 1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
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01 Jan 1916 German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
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05 Jan 1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
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07 Jan 1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
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09 Jan 1916 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
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10 Jan 1916 World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
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10 Jan 1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus
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11 Jan 1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
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12 Jan 1916 Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
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12 Jan 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Island colony in the Pacific
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14 Jan 1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks
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17 Jan 1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club - Bronxville, New York
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17 Jan 1916 Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City
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17 Jan 1916 1st PGA Championship Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville NY; Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms
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18 Jan 1916 A 611-gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
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23 Jan 1916 Temp falls from 44
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24 Jan 1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
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25 Jan 1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
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27 Jan 1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin
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28 Jan 1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
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28 Jan 1916 Opera "Goyescas, " premieres (NYC)
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28 Jan 1916 The opera "Goyescas" is 1st performed (New York City NY)
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28 Jan 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
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29 Jan 1916 World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
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29 Jan 1916 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
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31 Jan 1916 Dutch Girl Guides form
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03 Feb 1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
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03 Feb 1916 Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
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05 Feb 1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company
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08 Feb 1916 French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
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08 Feb 1916 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cent seats
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09 Feb 1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
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10 Feb 1916 Conscription begins in Britain
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11 Feb 1916 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
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11 Feb 1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
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12 Feb 1916 1st edition of Joseph Patterson / Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"
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15 Feb 1916 New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
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16 Feb 1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
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17 Feb 1916 Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in New York NY
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21 Feb 1916 World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
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21 Feb 1916 Battle of Verdun (WWI) begins (1 million casualties)
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23 Feb 1916 Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
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23 Feb 1916 French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
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24 Feb 1916 The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
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25 Feb 1916 World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
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25 Feb 1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun
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26 Feb 1916 Tokelau annexed by the United Kingdom.
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26 Feb 1916 Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
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26 Feb 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract
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26 Feb 1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
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29 Feb 1916 Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
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01 Mar 1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
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08 Mar 1916 US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime
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08 Mar 1916 World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
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09 Mar 1916 General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed)
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09 Mar 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal
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09 Mar 1916 Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
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09 Mar 1916 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
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11 Mar 1916 USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought".
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12 Mar 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
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14 Mar 1916 Battle of Verdun: German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
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15 Mar 1916 United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
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15 Mar 1916 General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months
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15 Mar 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control
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16 Mar 1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
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16 Mar 1916 James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella" premieres in London
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16 Mar 1916 US & Canada sign Migratory bird treaty
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20 Mar 1916 Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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20 Mar 1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
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21 Mar 1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies
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22 Mar 1916 The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
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25 Mar 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City
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25 Mar 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
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25 Mar 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in 10 for boxing title (New York NY)
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25 Mar 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
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26 Mar 1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary
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30 Mar 1916 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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30 Mar 1916 Stanley Cup: Montr
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31 Mar 1916 Dutch government ends all military engagements
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02 Apr 1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
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04 Apr 1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
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05 Apr 1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
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06 Apr 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
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08 Apr 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage
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08 Apr 1916 In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
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09 Apr 1916 World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
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10 Apr 1916 The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
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10 Apr 1916 1st professional golf tournament held
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19 Apr 1916 "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
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19 Apr 1916 "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
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19 Apr 1916 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Massachusetts in 2:27:16.4
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19 Apr 1916 Italians troops conquer Colonel di Lana at Merano
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20 Apr 1916 Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cin Reds 7-6
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20 Apr 1916 The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
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20 Apr 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast
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20 Apr 1916 1st National League game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6
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22 Apr 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
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23 Apr 1916 Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn", premieres in NYC
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24 Apr 1916 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
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24 Apr 1916 Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.
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24 Apr 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
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25 Apr 1916 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
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25 Apr 1916 Easter Rising: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
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29 Apr 1916 Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
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29 Apr 1916 World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
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29 Apr 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
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30 Apr 1916 Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
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02 May 1916 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named
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02 May 1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
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04 May 1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
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05 May 1916 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
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06 May 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
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06 May 1916 Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists executed in the Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli.
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08 May 1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
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09 May 1916 British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
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10 May 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota
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10 May 1916 Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
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10 May 1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
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11 May 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
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13 May 1916 Native American Day is 1st observed
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13 May 1916 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
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13 May 1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
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15 May 1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
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16 May 1916 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
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17 May 1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced
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18 May 1916 US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
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19 May 1916 Escadrille Am
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20 May 1916 Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918)
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20 May 1916 The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).
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20 May 1916 Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
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21 May 1916 Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)
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22 May 1916 French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun
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23 May 1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun
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24 May 1916 Conscription begins in Britain
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24 May 1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
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24 May 1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
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24 May 1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker
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27 May 1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in the Bronx
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29 May 1916 New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game
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29 May 1916 Official flag of President of US adopted
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29 May 1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
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31 May 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet under the command of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty engage the Imperial German Navy under the command of Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
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31 May 1916 Battle of Skagerrak: British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)
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31 May 1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
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31 May 1916 During WWI British & German fleets fight Battle of Jutland
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01 Jun 1916 German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
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01 Jun 1916 Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
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02 Jun 1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
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03 Jun 1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC
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03 Jun 1916 The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
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04 Jun 1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
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04 Jun 1916 World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
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05 Jun 1916 Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
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06 Jun 1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
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07 Jun 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
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10 Jun 1916 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
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10 Jun 1916 An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia breaks out.
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10 Jun 1916 Great Arab Revolt begin
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12 Jun 1916 30th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61)
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15 Jun 1916 Boys Scouts of America forms
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15 Jun 1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
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16 Jun 1916 Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
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17 Jun 1916 1st national Congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
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17 Jun 1916 US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
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18 Jun 1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
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21 Jun 1916 Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0
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21 Jun 1916 Mexican troops beat US expeditionary force under General Pershing
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24 Jun 1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.
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24 Jun 1916 World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
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25 Jun 1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires Minister of Foreign Affairs Sasonov
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26 Jun 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game)
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29 Jun 1916 The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
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29 Jun 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time
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30 Jun 1916 22nd US Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club, Minnesota
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30 Jun 1916 General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits"
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30 Jun 1916 Chick Evans Jr wins golf's US Open
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01 Jul 1916 Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines
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01 Jul 1916 British court martial (Easter uprising)
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01 Jul 1916 Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
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01 Jul 1916 Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
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01 Jul 1916 World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
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02 Jul 1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
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02 Jul 1916 Russian offensive in Armenia
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03 Jul 1916 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die)
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09 Jul 1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany
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11 Jul 1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act
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11 Jul 1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted
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14 Jul 1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record)
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14 Jul 1916 Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
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14 Jul 1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston
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15 Jul 1916 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)
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15 Jul 1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington
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15 Jul 1916 In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
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15 Jul 1916 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC
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19 Jul 1916 World War I: Battle of Fromelles – British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.
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20 Jul 1916 Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds
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22 Jul 1916 In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing ten and injuring 40.
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22 Jul 1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10
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25 Jul 1916 Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks
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29 Jul 1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes
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30 Jul 1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey
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30 Jul 1916 Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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30 Jul 1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra
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01 Aug 1916 Hawaii National Park forms
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02 Aug 1916 World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
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04 Aug 1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million
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05 Aug 1916 World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
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10 Aug 1916 Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
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14 Aug 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I.
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17 Aug 1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
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23 Aug 1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
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25 Aug 1916 Department of Interior forms National Park Service
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25 Aug 1916 National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior
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26 Aug 1916 Philadelphia Athletics Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
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26 Aug 1916 Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
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26 Aug 1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
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27 Aug 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
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28 Aug 1916 Germany declares war on Romania
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28 Aug 1916 World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
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28 Aug 1916 World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
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28 Aug 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
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29 Aug 1916 Congress creates US Naval reserve
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29 Aug 1916 Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff
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29 Aug 1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
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29 Aug 1916 US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
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29 Aug 1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff
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29 Aug 1916 The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
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29 Aug 1916 Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown
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30 Aug 1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0
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30 Aug 1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany
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01 Sep 1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania
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01 Sep 1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)
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03 Sep 1916 World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
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04 Sep 1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game
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05 Sep 1916 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)
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07 Sep 1916 US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
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11 Sep 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
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11 Sep 1916 The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
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14 Sep 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game
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15 Sep 1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
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15 Sep 1916 Britains 1st use of tanks (Battle of Somme)
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15 Sep 1916 World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
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17 Sep 1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right
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17 Sep 1916 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
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19 Sep 1916 1st landing on Schiphol (Farman F-22 of Soesterberg)
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19 Sep 1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa
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19 Sep 1916 During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
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26 Sep 1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
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27 Sep 1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
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27 Sep 1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
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27 Sep 1916 Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu I.
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30 Sep 1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
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02 Oct 1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year
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02 Oct 1916 San Diego Zoo founded
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05 Oct 1916 Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured
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07 Oct 1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
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07 Oct 1916 Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
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09 Oct 1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2 / 3 scoreless World Series innings
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09 Oct 1916 Babe Ruth pitches andwins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
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10 Oct 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
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12 Oct 1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
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16 Oct 1916 Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus
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16 Oct 1916 T E Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Fasal Hoessein
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16 Oct 1916 In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
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16 Oct 1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Brooklyn)
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17 Oct 1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
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21 Oct 1916 US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps
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24 Oct 1916 Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont
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26 Oct 1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
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27 Oct 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)
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27 Oct 1916 Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
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01 Nov 1916 Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
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02 Nov 1916 Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France
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03 Nov 1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar
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05 Nov 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
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05 Nov 1916 Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males / female suffrage
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05 Nov 1916 The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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05 Nov 1916 The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
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07 Nov 1916 Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns Czar of uprising
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07 Nov 1916 Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected 1st woman Representative
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07 Nov 1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President
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13 Nov 1916 British offensive at Ancre Belgium
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16 Nov 1916 I Berlin / V Herbert / H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City
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16 Nov 1916 USSR La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000
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18 Nov 1916 Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
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26 Nov 1916 Greece declares war on Germany
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28 Nov 1916 1st (German) air attack on London
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29 Nov 1916 Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
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29 Nov 1916 US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
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30 Nov 1916 Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
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02 Dec 1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
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05 Dec 1916 British premier H. H. Asquith resigns from his post.
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06 Dec 1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest
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06 Dec 1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
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07 Dec 1916 British government of David Lloyd George forms
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07 Dec 1916 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British Prime Minister
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11 Dec 1916 David Lloyd George forms British war government
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12 Dec 1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
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13 Dec 1916 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
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13 Dec 1916 Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin
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13 Dec 1916 French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle
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15 Dec 1916 French defeat Germans in WWI Battle of Verdun
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18 Dec 1916 World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
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19 Dec 1916 World War I: Battle of Verdun: On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
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19 Dec 1916 Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo
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23 Dec 1916 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
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26 Dec 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
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29 Dec 1916 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
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30 Dec 1916 The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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