The first of four fatal shark attacks happened on New Jersey shores.
Due to her pure talent and popularity, Mary Pickford became the first female actress to be offered a $1 million contract.
The Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia was initiated in Mecca.
Germany and its World War I allies become the first countries to use daylight saving time (DST).
Racer Bob Burman died after crashing his race car in Corona, California.
Albert Einstein presents his general theory of relativity.
Oil well gusher fired 1,000 feet into the air near Tampico, Mexico making it the largest in history.
The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
During WWI, The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces were evacuated from the Peninsula.
Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.
The last Australian troops were evacuated from Gallipoli during World War I.
The Empire of China was established by statesman Yuan Shikai, who declared himself Emperor.
More than 25,000 people marched down New York's 5th Avenue supporting women's suffrage.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.
A tropical cyclone hurricane hit Galveston in Texas.
333 US marines invaded Haiti, beginning a 19-year occupation.
A German U-Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.
The Treaty of London was signed by Italy, Britain, France, and Russia.
The Ottoman Empire begins its systematic extermination of Armenians.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
Georges Claude patents his neon discharge tube.
Russians defeated Ottoman forces during WWI.
Avezzano earthquake claimed 30,000 lives in Italy.
Unofficial ceasefires sprang up across World War I's Western Front.
The first feature-length silent film comedy, 'Tillie's Punctured Romance,' was released, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, and Charlie Chaplin.
First Battle of Ypres.
The Safety Hood, which would later become the gas mask, was patented by Garrett Morgan.
Establishment of Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The First Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
Passenger Pigeons become extinct.
During World War I, Japan officially declared war on Germany.
President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation of Neutrality.
The Defence of the Realm Act was introduced in Britain.
The first British troops arrived in France during World War I.
The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
Britain declares war on Germany.
The United States of America declared neutrality at the beginning of World War I.
A patent was granted to Robert Goddard for a liquid-filled rocket.
Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.
Germany declared war on France and sent its first wave of troops to Belgium to start the attack.
Khioniya Guseva attempted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin, believing him to be the antichrist.
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated, ultimately causing World War I.
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled flight.
Diego Velázquez's painting 'The Toilet of Venus' was destroyed by suffragettes at a museum in London.
Prince Wilhelm of Wied arrived in Albania to begin his reign as King.
