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This year in history
In the year 1916

	January 12th	President of South Africa, Pieter Willem Botha, was born in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State. He was a staunch supporter of racial segregation and the apartheid system.
	February 28th	American writer, Henry James, died at the age of 72. Although he was born in the United States he spent most of his life in Europe and towards the end of his life had become a British citizen. He wrote a multitude of novels, of which the most known remains, 'The Portrait of a Lady'.
	March 20th	The theory of relativity was published by the famed scientist, Albert Einstein.
	April 5th	American actor, Gregory Peck, was born in La Jolla, California. He is considered as one of the legendary stars of the American film industry of the 20th century.
	April 28th	Italian automobile manufacturer, Ferruccio Lamborghini, was born in the village of Renazzo di Cento, Ferrara. He was the founder of the Lamborghini brand of sports cars.
	June 24th	Mary Pickford was the first female star to be awarded a million dollar film contract. She was one of the most influential actresses of the silent movies era.
	July 1st	British actress, Olivia de Havilland, was born in Tokyo, Japan.
	July 15th	The Pacific Aero Products company was incorporated in Seattle, Washington, USA, by William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt. The company was later renamed to, and is still known as, Boeing.
	September 15th	During the course of World War I, tanks are used for the first time ever in a battle, the Battle of the Somme. The battles took place along the River Somme in northern France. Over one million soldiers died in the battle which lasted over four months and resulted in a stalemate.
	September 23th	Italian politician, Aldo Moro, was born in Maglie, Italy. He is best remembered as the prime minister of Italy who was abducted and murdered by the terrorist group Red brigades in 1978.
	December 9th	American actor, Kirk Douglas, was born in New York.
	December 16th	Russian monk, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, died at the age of 47. Considered by many a madman he was a highly controversial figure in pre Soviet Russia. Though his life was filled with controversy, he was close to Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and their only son, Alexei. He was assassinated by Nobles of Russia, because of the influence he had over the Royal Russian family.

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