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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 1916.
The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was H. H. Asquith (Liberal), Pope Benedict XV was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on September 1916: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1916?


Events

  • 01 Sep 1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania
  • 02 Sep 1916 British pilot William Leefe-Robinson becomes the first to shoot down a German airship over Britain.
  • 04 Sep 1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game.
  • 05 Sep 1916 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston
  • 07 Sep 1916 Federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • 11 Sep 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
  • 13 Sep 1916 Mary, a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of Erwin, Tennessee for killing her handler, Walter quotRedquot Eldridge.
  • 14 Sep 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game.
  • 15 Sep 1916 World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • 17 Sep 1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right
  • 19 Sep 1916 1st landing on Schiphol (Farman F-22 of Soesterberg)
  • 20 Sep 1916 Friedrik Johannes Hugo von Engelken becomes US Mint director.
  • 26 Sep 1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
  • 27 Sep 1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
  • 29 Sep 1916 John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first known billionaire.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in September 1916?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - It's a Hundred to One You're in Love
  2. - At the End of a Beautiful Day
  3. - I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles
  4. - Babes in the Wood
  5. - The Honolulu Blues

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Release year: 1916

Directed by: D.W. Griffith

Starring: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner

Country: United States of America

The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop

Release year: 1916

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand

The Pacifist

The Pacifist

Release year: 1916

Directed by: Alex Zhort

The Mutiny of the Bounty

The Mutiny of the Bounty

Release year: 1916

Directed by: Raymond Longford

Starring: George Cross, John Storm, D.L. Dalziel, Wilton Power

Country: United States of America

Blind Justice

Blind Justice

Release year: 1916

Directed by: Benjamin Christensen

Starring: Benjamin Christensen, Karen Caspersen, Peter Fjelstrup, Charles Wilken

Country: United States of America