WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1916
Find out what all happened June to August 1916

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

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). (15. July 1916)

Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations. (27. August 1916)

In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40. (22. July 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)

World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. (1. July 1916)

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

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

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

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. (4. June 1916)

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

Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position. (5. 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)

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)

Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey. (30. July 1916)

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. (24. June 1916)

The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. (29. August 1916)

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

Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916. (14. July 1916)

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