Vol. 1910s · No. 1916 · PRICE 25¢
The 1916 Times
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July 1 – Nov 18, 1916 | France
1916: Blood, Steel, and Rebellion
World War I reaches horrifying new peaks of carnage in Europe while global powers maneuver for control of future empires. Amid the bloodshed, radical political movements spark uprisings and cultural pioneers push daring social boundaries.
The Easter Rising
Irish republicans launched an armed insurrection against British rule, declaring an independent republic and reshaping Irish history forever.
Battle of Verdun
The longest battle of World War I turned French soil into an inferno, creating an enduring symbol of military resolve and brutal attrition.
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Assassination of Grigori Rasputin
December 30, 1916 | Petrograd, Russia
Russian nobles poisoned, shot, and drowned the mysterious royal advisor in a desperate bid to save the collapsing Tsarist regime.
D.W. Griffith's 'Intolerance'
September 5, 1916 | Silent Film
Director D.W. Griffith released a colossal, three-hour cinematic epic interweaving four distinct historical eras of human prejudice.
First U.S. Birth Control Clinic Opens
October 16, 1916 | Brooklyn, NY
Margaret Sanger opened America's first reproductive health clinic, triggering her swift arrest but igniting a national movement.
Battle of Jutland
May 31 – June 1, 1916 | North Sea
The British Royal Navy and the German High Seas Fleet clashed in the largest full-scale naval battle of the Great War.
Woodrow Wilson's Re-Election
November 7, 1916 | United States
Campaigning on the popular slogan 'He Kept Us Out of War,' President Woodrow Wilson won a narrowly contested second term.