WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1916
Find out what all happened May to November 1916

World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula. (5. August 1916)

World War I: Germany declares war on Romania. (28. August 1916)

21 Lebanese nationalists executed in the Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli. (6. May 1916)

US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751) (7. September 1916)

The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. (3. June 1916)

The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police. (5. November 1916)

The United States National Park Service is created. (25. August 1916)

Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. (19. November 1916)

Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. (13. November 1916)

World War I: Battle of Fromelles – British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme. (19. July 1916)

The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising. (29. June 1916)

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. (15. June 1916)

Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I (14. August 1916)

World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. (21. November 1916)

The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. (5. November 1916)

Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. (1. June 1916)

World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. (3. September 1916)

World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. (2. August 1916)

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907. (11. September 1916)

World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line. (24. June 1916)