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August 30, 1916
On August 30, 1916, ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
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Featured · August 30, 1916
Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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The year in brief
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th…
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On August 30, 1916
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1916 Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica. Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Other moments from 1916
- April 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
- April 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
- April 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
- April 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
- April 26 Easter Rising: Battle of Mount Street Bridge.
- April 29 World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
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