Editing 1916 (section)

=== September ===
{{main|September 1916}}
[[File:New Zealand trench Flers September 1916.jpg|thumb|Troops from New Zealand during WWI.]]
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] declares war on [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], going on to take [[Dobruja]].
* [[September 2]] &ndash; WWI: British pilot [[Leefe Robinson]] becomes the first to shoot down a German [[airship]] over Britain.
* [[September 4]] &ndash; WWI: [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] &ndash; [[Dar es Salaam]] surrenders to British Empire forces, securing them control of the [[Central Line (Tanzania)|Central Line]] of railway through [[German East Africa]].
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[D. W. Griffith]]'s film ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages]]'' is released in the United States.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The first true [[self-service]] [[grocery store]], [[Piggly Wiggly]], is founded in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], by [[Clarence Saunders (grocer)|Clarence Saunders]], opening 5 days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=See you at the Piggly Wiggly|publisher=Pink Palace Family of Museums|url=http://www.memphismuseums.org/piggly%20wiggly.htm|access-date=2007-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014204543/http://memphismuseums.org/piggly%20wiggly.htm<!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] &ndash; A mechanical failure causes the central span of the [[Quebec Bridge]], a [[cantilever]]-type structure, to crash into the [[Saint Lawrence River]] for the second time, killing 13 workers.
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Mary (elephant)|Mary]], a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of [[Erwin, Tennessee]] for killing her handler, Walter "Red" Eldridge.
* [[September 15]]–[[September 22|22]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Flers–Courcelette]], France &ndash; The battle is significant for the first use of the [[tank]] in warfare; also for the debut of the [[Canadian Corps|Canadian]] and [[New Zealand Division|New Zealand]] Divisions in the [[Battle of the Somme]].
* [[September 19]] &ndash; WWI: [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] &ndash; Belgian troops occupy [[Tabora]] in [[German East Africa]].
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Iyasu V]] of Ethiopia is deposed in a palace coup, in favour of his aunt [[Zewditu]].
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller]] becomes the first person to reach a nominal personal fortune of US$1 billion