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1916
 
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Patrick Pearse and his fellow Irish rebel James Connolly are executed by firing squad       
1916
 
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Woodrow Wilson sends the marines to maintain order when the Dominican Republic slips towards civil war      
1916
 
   
The US National Defense Act establishes the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)      
1916
 
    
Manuel de Falla completes his piece for piano and orchestra, Nights in the Gardens of Spain       
1916
 
   
"If You Were the Only Girl in the World" features in the London musical The Bing Boys are Here      
1916
 
    
In his Course in General Linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure provides the basis for the broader development of structuralism       
1916
 
   
William Boeing flies an aircraft built by himself, and a month later sets up in Seattle his own Aero Product company      
1916
 
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Three members of the Russian imperial family assassinate the influential charlatan Grigory Rasputin      
1916
 
    
The Passing Show of 1916 is the first of 22 musicals written in the short span of 17 years by the brothers George and Ira Gershwin       
1916
 
    
Ottorino Respighi completes his symphonic poem for orchestra Fountains of Rome, first performed in Rome the following year