The 1910s

1916 110 years ago

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia

1916 110 years ago

Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2006)

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford, known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of t…

Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2006)

1916 110 years ago

Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)

Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great …

Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)

1916 110 years ago

Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (died 1994)

Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician who served as President of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab in the 1970s. He was the first Sikh to become president.

Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (died 1994)

1916 110 years ago

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a

Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. Brandeis was a leading figure in the antitrust movemen…

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a

1916 110 years ago

World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …

World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out

1916 110 years ago

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract

Gladys Louise Smith, baptised as Gladys Marie Smith, known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian American film actress and producer. A pioneer in the American film indust…

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract

1916 110 years ago

World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …

World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the

1916 110 years ago

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…

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …

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…

1916 110 years ago

Robert H

Robert Henry Dicke was an American astronomer and physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity. He was the Albert…

Robert H

1916 110 years ago

Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

1916 110 years ago

Robert F

Robert Frederick Christy was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and later astrophysicist who was one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project dur…

Robert F

1916 110 years ago

Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (died 2001)

Marco Zanuso was an Italian architect and designer associated with modernism.

Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (died 2001)

1916 110 years ago

The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.

The New Zealand Labour Party, also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democ…

The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.

1916 110 years ago

Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.

The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire…

Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.

1916 110 years ago

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed…

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a p…

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed…

1916 110 years ago

Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem is first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.

Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Leipzig …

Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem is first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.

1916 110 years ago

World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the…

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…

World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the…

1916 110 years ago

Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (died 2014)

Vera Margrethe Gebuhr was a Danish film, television and stage actress. Gebuhr was most noted for her portrayal of the snobbish neurotic head saleswoman Miss Jørgensen in the popula…

Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (died 2014)

1916 110 years ago

Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (died 2009)

Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.

Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (died 2009)

1916 110 years ago

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (died 2015)

William Owen Chadwick was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. As a leading academic, Chadwick became Dixie Pro…

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (died 2015)

1916 110 years ago

Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (died 2001)

Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev was a Soviet and Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee.

Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (died 2001)

1916 110 years ago

Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring…

The Preparedness Day bombing was a bombing in San Francisco, California, United States, on July 22, 1916, of a parade organised by local supporters of the Preparedness Movement whi…

Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring…

1916 110 years ago

The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.

The Black Tom explosion was an act of arson by field agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence of the German Empire to destroy U.S.-made munitions awaiting shipment to the Allies …

The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.