WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1916
Find out what all happened September to October 1916

Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu. (27. October 1916)

Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu. (27. September 1916)

Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history. (7. October 1916)

In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. (16. October 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)

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)

World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme. (15. September 1916)

World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. (17. September 1916)

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