Aug 04 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million
Aug 25 National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior
Aug 30 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany
Aug 26 Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France
Aug 25 The US National Park Service is established.
Sep 15 First tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
Sep 15 Sgt. Donal Forrester Brown, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at High Wood, Somme France
Sep 01 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)
Sep 04 Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game
Sep 03 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
Sep 10 The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen.
Sep 28 The birth of Peter Finch, English film actor
Sep 16 Prv. John Chipman Kerr (49 Cdn. Infantry Batt.( wins the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France
Sep 29 American John D. Rockerfeller becomes the world's first billionaire
Feb 10 Conscription begins in Britain
Feb 11 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert
Feb 25 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun
Feb 01 SS Empress Queen, stranded in fog off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, where she later broke up. Although there were 1300 troops on board all were got off.
Feb 23 Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
Feb 03 The original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada, are destroyed by fire.
Feb 11 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
Feb 05 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company
Feb 26 Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
Feb 09 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
Feb 16 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
