Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   On this day in history phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0  

Aug 26   Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France on this day in history.  

Aug 27   On this day in history martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)  

Aug 27   In the year 1916 romania declares war on Austria-Hungary  

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1916 francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies  

Aug 28   In the year 1916 germany declares war on Romania  

Aug 28   In the year 1916 italy declares war against Germany during WW I  

Aug 29   Congress creates US Naval reserve in the year 1916.  

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) in the year 1916.  

Aug 29   In the year 1916 steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown  

Aug 30   In the year 1916 boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0  

Aug 30   In the year 1916 john Thoday, geneticist  

Aug 30   Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany in the year 1916.  

Aug 31   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) in the year 1916.  

Aug 31   Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London on this day in history.  

Sep 01   In the year 1916 bulgaria declares war on Romania  

Sep 01   Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles in the year 1916.  

Sep 03   In the year 1916 allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun  

Sep 03   On this day in history memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker  

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game in the year 1916.  

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1916 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)  

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1916 giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak  

Sep 10   In the year 1916 friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 10   In the year 1916 niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician  

Sep 10   In the year 1916 the suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen.  

Sep 11   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece  

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game in the year 1916.  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)  

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   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)  

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73  

Jan 15   In the year 1916 death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)  

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57  

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

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.