1916 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years:	1913 1914 1915 – 1916 – 1917 1918 1919

1916 (also written as MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. This means it had 366 days instead of the usual 365, and it started on a Saturday. Many important events happened around the world in 1916, especially during World War I.

Important Events
- January
- February
- March
Famous Births
Notable Deaths
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Important Events

January

January 1 – The Royal Army Medical Corps successfully performed the first blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. This was a big step forward in medicine!
January 1 – The famous Impressionist painter Claude Monet created his painting 'Water Lilies'.
January 5 – Heavy rain caused big floods around San Diego, California.
January 8 – Allied forces, which included soldiers from Britain, France, and others, left Gallipoli.
January 13/14 – A huge storm hit the Zuiderzee in the Netherlands. It caused a lot of damage. This storm helped the Dutch government decide to build the Afsluitdijk, a large dam, and create new land called polders in what is now the IJsselmeer.
January 17 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) was created. This organization helps professional golfers.
January 18 – A meteorite weighing 611 grams hit a house near Baxter, Missouri.
January 23 to January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature dropped from 6.7 °C to -48.8 °C (44 °F to -56 °F) in just one day. This was the biggest temperature change ever recorded in 24 hours!
January 28 – Louis Brandeis became the first Jew to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. This was an important moment in history.
January 29 – World War I: German zeppelins bombed Paris for the very first time.

February

February 3 – The main Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada, were destroyed by fire.
February 9 – Tristan Tzara started the Dadaism art movement. Dadaism was a new and unusual way of thinking about art.
February 11 – The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performed its first concert.
February 21 – World War I: The long and terrible Battle of Verdun began in France.

March

March 20 – Albert Einstein published his Theory of Relativity. This theory explains how mass and energy are connected, and it changed how scientists understood the universe.

Famous Births

April 5 – Gregory Peck, a famous American actor, was born. (d. 2003)
July 28 - David Brown, an American producer who made movies, was born. (d. 2010)
October 14 - C. Everett Koop, an American politician and spokesperson, was born. (d. 2013)
November 23 - Michael Gough, a British actor, was born. (d. 2011)