Historical Events In 1916

Aug 01   In the year 1916 hawaii National Park forms  

Aug 01   Viscount Hanworth, barrister in the year 1916.  

Aug 02   On this day in history beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)  

Aug 02   On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48  

Aug 02   World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto in the year 1916.  

Aug 03   Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt in the year 1916.  

Aug 03   In the year 1916 roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51  

Aug 04   Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million on this day in history.  

Aug 04   US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million on this day in history.  

Aug 05   George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta in the year 1916.  

Aug 07   On this day in history charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36  

Aug 08   A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on this day in history.  

Aug 08   In the year 1916 battle for Mouquet Farm  

Aug 10   Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris in the year 1916.  

Aug 13   On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61  

Aug 14   Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow) on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1916 aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer  

Aug 17   Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia on this day in history.  

Aug 17   Eleanor Steber, opera singer in the year 1916.  

Aug 18   Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) in the year 1916.  

Aug 19   On this day in history marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma)  

Aug 21   William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist in the year 1916.  

Aug 22   On this day in history john Slater, London England, actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)  

Aug 23   On this day in history military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years  

Aug 24   In the year 1916 anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian  

Aug 24   Official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas in the year 1916.  

Aug 25   Dept of Interior forms National Park Service in the year 1916.  

Aug 25   On this day in history erich Von Stroheim Jr, actor/director (Napoleon, Sunset Blvd)  

Aug 25   National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior in the year 1916.  

Aug 25   The US National Park Service is established on this day in history.  

Aug 26   In the year 1916 allan Leslie Merson, historian  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer  

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)  

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)  

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)  

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.  

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.  

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.  

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.