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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 ...
July 1–12 – At least one shark mauls five swimmers along 80 miles (130 km) of New Jersey coastline during the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, resulting in four deaths and the survival of one youth who required limb amputation. This event is the inspiration for author Peter Benchley, over half a century later, to write Jaws.
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
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]
Spielberg's film references the events of 1916: Brody (Roy Scheider) and Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) urge Amity's Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) to close the beaches on the Fourth of July after the deaths of two swimmers and a fisherman. Hooper explains to the mayor, "Look, the situation is that apparently a great white shark has staked a claim ...
1916 events in the United States by month (10 C) This page was last edited on 10 August 2024, at 11:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The year 1916 involved a number of significant events in science and technology, some of which are listed below. Astronomy ...
The following events occurred in June 1916: June 1, 1916 (Thursday) French ... mass production of the aircraft never happened. [78] Born: Francis Cammaerts, ...