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1916 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1916, the ...
January – The Journal of Negro History is founded by Carter G. Woodson, the father of "Black History" and "Negro History Week". [1] January 24 In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7 °C to −48.8 °C (44 °F to −56 °F) in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period. Brushaber v.
1916 – Adamson Act; 1916 – Federal Farm Loan Act; 1916 – Jones Act; 1916 – 1916 United States presidential election: Woodrow Wilson is reelected president and Thomas R. Marshall is reelected vice president, by a mere 3,773 votes in California; 1916 – Germany agrees to restrict submarine warfare; 1916 – The Great Migration begins
The Presidential Election of 1916. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-0965-8. Miller, Sally M. "The Socialist Party and the Negro, 1901–20," Journal of Negro History 56 (July 1971): 220–229. online; Oks, David. "The Election of 1916, 'Negrowumpism,' and the Black Defection from the Republican Party."
As the national media descended on Beach Haven, Spring Lake, and Matawan, the Jersey Shore attacks started a shark panic. [14] According to Capuzzo, this panic was "unrivaled in American history", "sweeping along the coasts of New York and New Jersey and spreading by telephone and wireless, letter and postcard."
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
W Beach, Helles, on 7 January 1916 just prior to the final evacuation. Gallipoli campaign – The last British troops evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevailed over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. [36] The association football club Cachoeiro was established in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil. [37]
1916 Texas hurricane — The hurricane made landfall at Baffin Bay, Texas, with maximum wind speeds at 135 mph (215 km/h) and bringing an estimated 1.58 inches (25.4 mm) of rain. [57] The storm left $1.6 million (1916 USD) in damages in Texas and 24 people dead in total. [85] The Second Army of Romania was established. [86]