Wednesday, February 9, 1916.

It was the first flight of the Sopwith Pup.

The HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou sank the Hedwig von Wissmann on Lake Tanganyika. 

From Punch:

Officer (to Tommy, who has been using the whip freely). "Don't beat him; talk to him, man—talk to him!"

Tommy (to horse, by way of opening the conversation). "I coom from Manchester."

Today In Wyoming's History: February 9: 1916   Bill Carlisle robs passengers on the Union Pacific "Portland Rose".  Attribution:  Wyoming State Historical Society.

Casper Daily Tribune established.

Last edition:

Sunday, February 6, 1916. Irmingard.

Labels: 1910s, 1916, Black Sea, Imperial Russian Navy, Ottoman Navy, World War One

Friday January 14, 1916. Collins resigns British employment.

Michael Collins resigned from his employment in London at the Guaranty Trust Company n order to return to Ireland.  He was already a clandestine Irish revolutionary.

Severe flooding caused dikes to burst at Zuiderzee, Netherlands.

The Royal Flying Corps ordered that reconnaissance planes have an escort of at least three fighters flying in close formation with them, and that a reconnaissance aircraft must abort its flight if even one of the three fighters becomes detached from the formation for any reason, due to highly losses from Fokker Eindeckers.

In the U.S., where they were not worried about Eindeckers, today it seemed that war worries had lessened.

Or maybe they did.

The Rocky Mountain News was also reporting that wolves were active in Aurora.

Last edition:

Thursday, January 13, 1916. Death of Huerta.

Pancho Villa, Santa Ysabel Massacre, Victoriano Huerta, World War One

Friday, February 5, 1915. Tactical airpower in the desert.

British aircraft attacked Ottoman troops east of the Suez Canal.

Wyoming's legislature rejected a Prohibition bill.

Last edition:

Thursday, February 4, 1915. Ottoman retreat and expanding the war in the Atlantic.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, German Kriegsmarine, Ottoman Army, Raid on the Suez Canal, Suez Canal, Suez Egypt, World War One