Friday, May 15, 2009

1916 - Some moments

1916 January German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun.



1916 February 26 - French transport ship Provence II sunk by german submarine u-35. More than 900 were killed.

1916 March 12 - French airship sinks British submarine D3

1916 April 4 - U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in World War I

1916 May 18 - German aircraft shoots down by U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell

1916 June - Fort Vaux at Verdun attacked by German troops More than 1,000 guns of 240, 305, 380, and 420 calibres which shoot out interminably and all together to attack.

1916 July 1 Coca Cola company brings present coke formula to the market.

1916 August 29 - Chinese troop transport Hsin-Yu collides with cruiser Hai-Yung, 1000 died.

1916 September 15 - British tanks were used "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France.

1916 October 5 - Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured

1916 November 16 - USSR La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000

1916 December 13 - Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol

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