1916

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Events

Dated Events

  • Real World: January 1. The first successful blood transfusion is performed using stored and chilled blood.
  • Real World: January 5. Heavy rains cause flooding in San Diego, California, allegedly caused by the "rainmaker" Charles Hatfield.
  • Real World: March 8. Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa leads Mexican raiders in an attack on Columbus, New Mexico.
  • Real World: March 15. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson orders a counterattack against Pancho Villa, sending U.S. troops over the Mexican border in pursuit.
  • Real World: July 1. The First Battle of the Somme begins. A rogue shark begins attacking swimmers off the coast of New Jersey.

Undated Events

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain.

Notable Films

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vampires (serial) ends.


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