New York, NY, USA - Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invent
Pyrex France - Stunning British casualty figures come from
Loos -60,000; in on
the Somme, 60,000 in one day; total for 5-month offensive - 400,000; Germans use
poison gas at
Ypres France - Passchendaele, British advance of 5 miles costs 400,000 casualties
UK - King
George V adopts
Windsor as
Royal Family's English surname in place of family's German name
USA - Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan
gas mask