Video: 'German Terrorists Bombed New York During WWI | What History Forgot'
(Sunday, July 30, 1916, 2:08 a.m. local time; during World War I) — German saboteurs today blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing seven people and injuries hundreds of others. Continue reading German saboteurs blow up munitions plant in New Jersey 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 30 1916)
Video: 'Tom Mooney & the Preparedness Day Bombing'
(Saturday, July 22, 1916, 2:06 p.m. local time) — 10 people were killed and 40 others wounded today when a suitcase bomb went off during San Francisco’s Preparedness Day parade, an event sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce in anticipation of America’s entry into World War I. Continue reading 10 killed in Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco 110 years ago this hour (July 22 1916)
Video: 'Boeing History (Part 1)'
(Saturday, July 15, 1916) — Boeing Co., an American multinational corporation (originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co.) that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide, was founded today in Seattle by William Boeing. Continue reading Aerospace giant Boeing founded in Seattle 110 years ago today (July 15 1916)
Video: 'The Battle of the Somme (WW1 Documentary)'
(Saturday, July 1, 1916, 7:30 a.m. French Summer Time; during the Battle of the Somme, part of the Western Front of World War I) — British and French troops today opened the Battle of the Somme, a massive offensive against German forces in northern France that military observers believed would become one of the decisive campaigns of World War I. Continue reading 19,240 Brits killed as Allies open massive World War I offensive against Germans in France’s Somme River region 110 years ago this hour (Jul 1 1916)
Video: '1916 Democratic Convention in St. Louis.m4v'
(Thursday, June 15, 1916, 11:53 p.m. CST) — President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was nominated for a second term by acclamation today at the 1916 Democratic National Convention meeting at St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate U.S. President Woodrow Wilson for a second term 110 years ago this hour (Jun 15 1916)
Video: 'Republican Convention in Chicago (1916)
(Saturday, June 10, 1916, 12:31 p.m. local time) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York was nominated president today at the 1916 Republican National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughes for President of the United States 110 years ago this hour (Jun 10 1916)
Video: 'National Defense Act of 1916'
(Saturday, June 3, 1916; during World War I) — U.S. President Woodrow Wilson today signed the National Defense Act of 1916, which, among other things, created the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Video: 'Justice Louis D. Brandeis, The People's Attorney'
(Thursday, June 1, 1916, 5:00 p.m. local time) — Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation’s highest bench, took his seat today as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Senate officially confirmed his nomination by a vote of 47 to 22.
Video: 'The Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy vs. German Imperial Navy I THE GREAT WAR Week 97' (May 31, 1916 at 1:44)
(Wednesday May 31, 1916, first shots fired by the British light cruiser HMS Galatea at 2:28 p.m. GMT after encountering German vessels; the major gun battle between the primary battlecruiser fleets officially began at 3:48 p.m. GMT; part of World War I) — The Battle of Jutland, a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet against the Imperial German Navy’s High Seas Fleet, began today in the North Sea, near the coast of Denmark’s Jutland Peninsula. Continue reading Battle of Jutland begins off Denmark 110 years ago this hour (May 31 1916)
(Wednesday, May 20, 1916) — The Saturday Evening Post published its first Norman Rockwell cover today. Continue reading Saturday Evening Post publishes first Norman Rockwell cover 110 years ago today (May 20 1916)
