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History on the year of 1916

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01 Jan 1916 WW2 Denise Bloch was born. 
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01 Jan 1916 WW2 Lieutenant R. B. Davis of the British Royal Naval Air Service was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour whilst flying a Nieuport fighter. 
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01 Jan 1916 WW2 Richard O'Connor was Mentioned in Despatches. 
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06 Jan 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
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09 Jan 1916 WW2 On the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey the last British ammunition dumps were blown up following the successful evacuation of the expeditionary force. 
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12 Jan 1916 WW2 German aces Osward Boelcke and Max Immelmann were awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest decoration for military bravery. At the time both lieutenants had eight aerial victories. 
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12 Jan 1916 WW2 The first experimental tank moved under its own power in Britain. 
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13 Jan 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of the Wadi
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14 Jan 1916 WW2 The British Royal Flying Corps ordered that, in the face of opposition from German Fokker monoplanes, in future each reconnaissance aircraft must be escorted by a minimum of three fighters. 
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14 Jan 1916 WW2 Leonard Siffleet was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia. 
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21 Jan 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Hanna
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26 Jan 1916 WW2 The world first tank "Big Willie" was driven out of the works of William Foster & Co. of Lincoln, England, United Kingdom by Charlie Maughan. Built in only ten weeks from scratch "Big Willie" was to be taken by rail to commence Army trials at Hatfield. 
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28 Jan 1916 WW2 Rear Admiral Hisamori Taguchi was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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01 Feb 1916 WW2 Malaya was commissioned into service. 
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02 Feb 1916 WW2 British Chief Petty Officer Hill of the Royal Naval Air Service became the first man in history to be called a tank driver when he took the controls of the new invention at the official unveiling ceremony. 
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16 Feb 1916 RELIGIOUS Under the leadership of Henrietta Szold, 52, the Hadassah Study Circle at New York's Temple Emanuel reconstituted itself. Szold afterward made this sisterhood of U.S. Jewish women a nationwide Zionist organization. Szold herself headed the group until 1926.
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19 Feb 1916 WW2 HMS Valiant was commissioned into service with Captain Maurice Woollcombe as her first commanding officer. 
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21 Feb 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Verdun
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01 Mar 1916 WW2 George Brett married Mary Devol, daughter of Major General Carroll Devol. 
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08 Mar 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Dujaila
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09 Mar 1916 WW1 Begin of Fifth Battle of the Isonzo
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10 Mar 1916 WW2 Lorraine was commissioned into service. 
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11 Mar 1916 WW2 Nevada was commissioned into service. 
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13 Mar 1916 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt's son John was born. 
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15 Mar 1916 WW2 Quintin Brand became a pilot under training with the special reserve of the British Royal Flying Corps. 
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15 Mar 1916 WW2 Bruce Fraser was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-commander. 
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15 Mar 1916 WW2 The keel of destroyer Kashi was laid down at Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Japan. 
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16 Mar 1916 WW2 US military aircraft flew their first reconnaissance mission over foreign territory when the 1st Aero Squadron equipped with Curtiss JN-3s joined Army units retaliating after a raid by Mexican rebel "Pancho" Villa claimed the lives of 19 Americans. 
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18 Mar 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Lake Naroch
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22 Mar 1916 WW2 Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Major. 
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30 Mar 1916 WW2 Quintin Brand received Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 3949. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima returned to Japan from his midshipman tour. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 Lieutenant General Tan Shirozu was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 The Chinkai naval base in southern Korea was upgraded to a Guard District by the Japanese Navy with Vice Admiral Kujuro Yamaguchi in command. 
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04 Apr 1916 WW2 Rear Admiral Tsuneha Sano was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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05 Apr 1916 WW1 Begin of First Battle of Kut
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18 Apr 1916 WW2 Royal Sovereign was commissioned into service. 
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20 Apr 1916 WW2 The Escadrille Américaine (latterly the Escadrille Lafayette) was established as a US volunteer unit flying Nieuport II aircraft with the French Aéronautique Militaire on the Western Front in WW1. 
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20 Apr 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima departed for an overseas tour. 
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27 Apr 1916 WW2 The Pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Russell was wrecked after hitting a mine off Malta. 
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27 Apr 1916 WW2 Friedrich Christiansen was awarded the Iron Cross First Class and Knights Cross with Swords of the House Order of Hohenzollern. 
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01 May 1916 WW2 Oklahoma was commissioned into service. 
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02 May 1916 WW2 Kenkichi Ueda was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. 
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06 May 1916 WW2 Morihiro was born in Tokyo, Japan. 
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11 May 1916 WW2 Rear Admiral Kanshiro Haji was named the chief of staff of Vice Admiral Takeshi Takarabe (Ryojun Military Port, northeastern China). 
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14 May 1916 WW2 Quintin Brand became a pilot with the No. 1 Squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps. 
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15 May 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Asiago
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15 May 1916 WW1 Begin of Trentino Offensive
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16 May 1916 WW2 The Sykes-Picot agreement was signed in which Sir Mark Sykes of Great Britain and George Picot of France obtained from Russia agreement as to how the Ottoman Empire would be divided up after the war. In exchange for British and French territorial gains, Russia would take control of the Turkish Armenian provinces and northern Kurdistan. 
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20 May 1916 WW2 Henry Arnold was made a supply officer at the US Army Signal Corps Aviation School at Rockwell Field in San Diego, California, United States. 
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21 May 1916 WW2 Rohan Amerasekera was born in Kegalle, Ceylon. 
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22 May 1916 WW2 British fighter ace Captain Albert Ball of the Royal Flying Corps was credited with his first two aerial victories. 
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23 May 1916 WW2 George Patton was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. 
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25 May 1916 WW2 Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class medal. 
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31 May 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Jutland
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01 Jun 1916 WW2 Quintin Brand was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. 
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04 Jun 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Lutsk
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05 Jun 1916 WW2 British Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, was drowned when the ship in which he was travelling to on a diplomatic mission to Russia (HMS Hampshire) hit a mine laid by the German U-boat U-75. 
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12 Jun 1916 WW2 Pennsylvania was commissioned into service. 
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15 Jun 1916 WW2 Tetsuzo Iwamoto was born in Karafuto, Japan. 
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18 Jun 1916 WW2 German pilot Oberleutnant Max Immelmann, "The Eagle of Lille", was killed when his Fokker E.III aircraft was shot down by a British Fe.2b aircraft of No. 25 Squadron RFC flown by Second Lieutenant McCubbin and Corporal J. H. Walker. 
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23 Jun 1916 WW2 Victor Emmanuel Chapman, flying with the Escadrille Lafayette volunteer group, became the first American pilot to be killed in action when he was shot down near Verdun, France. 
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25 Jun 1916 WW2 A Shinto ceremony was held at the site of the future General Government Building in Keijo (now Seoul), Korea to bless the construction work. 
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01 Jul 1916 WW2 George Brett was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. 
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01 Jul 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of the Somme
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04 Jul 1916 WW2 Iva Toguri was born. 
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10 Jul 1916 WW2 The construction for the General Government Building in Keijo (now Seoul), Korea began. 
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12 Jul 1916 WW2 Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born. 
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14 Jul 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Bazentin Ridge
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15 Jul 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Delville Wood
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22 Jul 1916 WW2 Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class with Swords and Bow. 
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23 Jul 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Pozieres Ridge
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31 Jul 1916 WW2 Robert Saundby forced down a German Eindekker aircraft but was slightly injured in the fighting. 
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03 Aug 1916 WW2 Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson RFC, flying a BE.2c, destroyed the German airship Schütte-Lanz St.11. As a result of this victory, large scale airship raids on London, England, United Kingdom were effectively dissuaded, and Robinson would receive the Victoria Cross in the following month. 
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03 Aug 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Romani
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05 Aug 1916 WW2 Major L. W. B. Rees RFC was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour whilst flying an Airco DH.2 fighter. 
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06 Aug 1916 WW1 Begin of Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
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06 Aug 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Gorizia
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11 Aug 1916 WW2 Kaname Harada was born in Asakawa village, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 
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14 Aug 1916 WW2 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. 
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18 Aug 1916 WW2 Repulse was commissioned into service. 
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18 Aug 1916 WW2 General Yoshifuru Akiyama was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Seigo Inokuchi. 
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22 Aug 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima returned to Japan. 
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23 Aug 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima was assigned to Shikishima. 
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24 Aug 1916 WW2 HMS Valiant collided with HMS Warspite, causing some damage. 
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25 Aug 1916 WW2 Saburo Sakai was born in Saga, Japan. 
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28 Aug 1916 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo's marriage certificate was made official. 
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29 Aug 1916 WW2 The US Navy ordered the construction of what was to be submarine R-1. 
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29 Aug 1916 WW2 Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class medal. 
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29 Aug 1916 WW2 William Halsey was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. 
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29 Aug 1916 WW2 The construction for future submarine R-5 was ordered. 
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01 Sep 1916 WW2 Renown was commissioned into service. 
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01 Sep 1916 WW2 The keel of British battlecruiser Hood was laid down. 
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02 Sep 1916 WW2 George Brett transferred to the Aviation Section of the US Army Signal Corps. 
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03 Sep 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Guillemont
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14 Sep 1916 WW1 Begin of Seventh Battle of the Isonzo
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15 Sep 1916 WW2 The French submarine Foucault was sunk by an Austrian Löhner flying-boat. 
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15 Sep 1916 WW1 Begin of Battle of Flers-Courcelette
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18 Sep 1916 WW2 HMS Valiant completed repairs for the damaged incurred during a collision with HMS Warspite in the previous month. 
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23 Sep 1916 WW2 Eleven German Zeppelin airships raided England, United Kingdom, with three heading for London. LZ 76 (L-33) was forced to land after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire, and LZ 74 (L-32) was attacked by Second Lieutenant F. Sowrey, causing it to burst into flames. 
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23 Sep 1916 WW2 Henry Arnold was promoted to the rank of captain. 
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10 Oct 1916 WW1 Begin of Eighth Battle of the Isonzo
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12 Oct 1916 WW2 British pilot Raymond Collishaw, later the highest-scoring Royal Navy Air Service ace, gained the first of his 60 aerial victories. 
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13 Oct 1916 WW2 Omar Bradley was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. 
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17 Oct 1916 WW2 USS Arizona was commissioned into service with Captain John McDonald in command. 
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21 Oct 1916 WW2 The Austrian Prime Minister Karl Stürgkh was assassinated by Friedrich Adler, the son of the Socialists' leader. Adler was never brought to trial. 
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24 Oct 1916 WW2 Heinrich Hoffmann's wife Therese gave birth to their son Heinrich. 
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28 Oct 1916 WW2 German fighter Ace Hauptmann Osward Boelcke was killed when the wing of his Albatros scout was struck by the undercarriage of another Albatros flown by Leutnant Boehme. 
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01 Nov 1916 WW2 Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded the Order of St. Anna, 2nd Class. 
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01 Nov 1916 WW1 Begin of Ninth Battle of the Isonzo
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02 Nov 1916 WW2 Prince Hirohito was made the Crown Prince of Japan. 
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04 Nov 1916 WW2 John Basilone was born. 
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16 Nov 1916 WW2 USS Arizona departed Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, United States for shakedown training. 
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21 Nov 1916 WW2 Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria died. He was succeeded by Charles, son of the Archduke Otto. One of Charles's first actions on becoming Emperor was to issue a declaration that he wished to end Austria's participation in the war. 
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26 Nov 1916 WW2 Henry Arnold took his first solo flight since his leave of absence from the Aviation Section of the US Army Signal Corps in 1912. 
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27 Nov 1916 WW2 Erwin Rommel married Lucia Maria Mollin in Danzig. 
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28 Nov 1916 WW2 A German L.V.G. C.II aircraft flown by Deck Offizier R. Brandt dropped six bombs near Victoria railway station in central London, England, United Kingdom. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was attached to the Fourth Fleet. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Admiral Teijiro Kuroi succeeded Vice Admiral Takeshi Takarabe as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Destroyer Kashi was launched at Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Japan. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Prince Hiroyasu was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima was promoted to the rank of ensign. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Captain Chikatami Honda was named the commanding officer of Settsu, and Settsu was placed in reserve at Kure, Japan for a scheduled period of refitting. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Vice Admiral Kichitaro Togo was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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01 Dec 1916 WW2 Vice Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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06 Dec 1916 WW2 Yekaterina Budanova was born in Konoplanka, Smolensk, Russia. 
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12 Dec 1916 WW2 General Robert Nivelle was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. 
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13 Dec 1916 WW1 Begin of Second Battle of Kut
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16 Dec 1916 WW2 USS Arizona arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 
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24 Dec 1916 WW2 USS Arizona arrived at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, United States for post-shakedown overhaul. 
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28 Dec 1916 RELIGIOUS At a seven_day convention in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the General Assembly of Apostolic Assemblies (GAAA) was formed. Its institutional life was short, however. Due to the pressures of World War I, the GAAA was formed too late to recognize ministers of military age.
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