What were the news headlines 100 years ago today? Imagine what stories you would see on cable TV or in your Facebook news feed if the year were 1916.
The top story would undoubtedly be World War I and the Battle of the Somme, which started in July, 1916.
British and French forces took on the German army near the River Somme in northern France. It was a senseless slaughter that claimed thousands of lives even in the first days of the battle, which lasted for several months.
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Author William Lambers 