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News and Events of 1916

World Events

• Battle of Verdun is fought. Battle of the Somme follows in July. Background: World War I
  
  
• Pershing fails in raid into Mexico in quest of rebel Pancho Villa.
  
  
• Easter Rebellion in Ireland put down by British troops.
  
  

U.S. Events

• Congress authorizes a plan to expand the U.S. armed forces over the next five years (June).
  
  
• Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  
  
• U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress (Aug. 20).
  
  
• Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn.
  
  

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• Charlie Chaplin signs on with Mutual Studios and earns an unprecedented $10,000 a week.

Science

• Albert Einstein completes his mathematical formulation of a general theory of relativity, which includes gravity.

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