(Thursday, March 9, 1916, 3:30 p.m. CET; during World War I) — Germany this afternoon declared war on Portugal, which had earlier this year honored its alliance with Great Britain by seizing German ships anchored in Lisbon’s harbor.
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18 Americans killed in Pancho Villa raid on Columbus, New Mexico 100 years ago this hour (Mar 9 1916)
Video: 'Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico'
(Thursday, March 9, 1916, 4:15 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Columbus) — More than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa today attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans.
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Battle of Verdun begins in France 100 years ago this hour (Feb 21 1916)
Video: 'World War I: Battle of Verdun' (Feb. 21, 1916, at 7:34; 4 videos)
(Sunday, February 21, 1916, 7:15 a.m. CET; during the Battle of Verdun, part of the Western Front of World War I) — The Battle of Verdun, one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, began this morning when a 10-hour German artillery bombardment by 808 guns was launched in the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France. Continue reading Battle of Verdun begins in France 100 years ago this hour (Feb 21 1916)
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Several American mining employees shot execution-style by Pancho Villa loyalists 100 years ago today (Jan 10 1916)
Video: 'The Life of Pancho Villa' (Jan. 10, 1916, at 2:03)
(Monday, January 10, 1916) — Men loyal to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa stopped a train at Santa Ysabel today and shot a group of U.S. mining employees execution-style (the reported number of dead varies from 16 to 18).
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Last British troops depart Gallipoli peninsula 100 years ago today (Jan 9 1916)
Video: 'World War I: Gallipoli Campaign' (4 videos)
(Sunday, January 9, 1916, during the Gallipoli Campaign, part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I) — Allied forces today completed a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire.
The Gallipoli Campaign resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties and greatly discredited Allied military command. Roughly an equal number of Turks were killed or wounded.
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Vera Brittain informed of her fiancé’s death at Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 26 1915)
Video: '1914~1918. A BBC History of the Great War: 3. Total War' (Dec. 26, 1915, at 15:27)
(Sunday, December 26, 1915, during World War I) — Vera Brittain, a 21-year-old nurse in the British Red Cross who would become a famous author and feminist after the war, was informed today that her fiancé Roland Leighton, who had been given Christmas leave, had died Dec. 23, 1915, of wounds sustained in battle at the Western Front in France.
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt in Washington 100 years ago this hour (Dec 18 1915)
(Saturday, December 18, 1915, 8:30 p.m. local time) — More than 16 months after the death of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 59, married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt, 43, widow of Norman Galt, this evening at the bride’s home in Washington, D.C.
Wilson was the third U.S. president to marry while in office and the second U.S. president to be widowed and remarried while in office.
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Frank Sinatra born in Hoboken, New Jersey 100 years ago today (Dec 12 1915)
Video: 'Sinatra Biography' (6 videos)
(Sunday, December 12, 1915) — Singer, actor, and producer Francis Albert Sinatra was born today in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa and Antonino Martino “Marty” Sinatra.
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Lord Kitchener orders British evacuation at Gallipoli 100 years ago today (Nov 22 1915)
Video: '1914~1918. A BBC History of the Great War: 3. Total War' (Nov. 22, 1915, at 11:56)
(Monday, November 22, 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I) — Lord Kitchener, Britain’s Secretary of State for War, today ordered the evacuation of Winston Churchill’s disastrous Gallipoli Campaign.
This would involve taking off more than 93,000 troops, 200 guns and more than 5,000 animals as well as vast quantities of stores and ammunition.
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Tens of thousands of women march, demand right to vote 100 years ago this hour (Oct 23 1915)
Video: 'Clip of the Week - The Suffragettes March, New York City, 1915'
(Saturday, October 23, 1915, 3:00 p.m. local time) — 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue in New York City today, demanding the right to vote.
