In 1916 African-Americans were segregated, women couldn't vote, and the United States was on the verge of entering one of the ugliest wars in human history.

Also in 1916, was the 14th annual World Series (named the World Series despite not Major League Baseball not having a team outside of America until the 1960s) between the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Robins. Formerly called the Americans, the Red Sox won the first World Series and we're going for their third championship in five years. The Robins, named after their Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson, won their first National League pennant that year in their relatively new ballpark named after owner Charles Ebbets.