Editing 1916 (section)

=== June ===
{{main|June 1916}}
* [[June 4]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Brusilov Offensive]], the height of Russian operations in the war, begins with their breaking through Austro-Hungarian lines.
* [[June 5]] &ndash; WWI: {{HMS|Hampshire|1903|6}} sinks, having hit a [[Naval mine|mine]] off the [[Orkney Islands]], Scotland, with [[Herbert Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] aboard.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; The [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]], to create a single unified Arab state spanning from [[Aleppo]] to [[Aden]], is formally declared by [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] signs a bill incorporating the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/RTN/History/Wilson.aspx |title=Woodrow Wilson |publisher=Scouting.org |date=1916-06-15 |access-date=2015-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124524/http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/RTN/History/Wilson.aspx |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Mary Pickford]] becomes the first movie star to sign a million-dollar contract, making her one of the highest-paid people in the world.