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 in the year 1916.  

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   In the year 1916 c Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]  

Aug 28   Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1916 germany declares war on Romania  

Aug 28   On this day in history italy declares war against Germany during WW I  

Aug 29   On this day in history congress creates US Naval reserve  

Aug 29   In the year 1916 george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)  

Aug 29   On this day in history steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown  

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 in the year 1916.  

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.  

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

Aug 31   On this day in history daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)  

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

Sep 01   Bulgaria declares war on Romania on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)  

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner in the year 1916.  

Sep 02   On this day in history dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles  

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

Sep 03   Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker in the year 1916.  

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

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) in the year 1916.  

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

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner in the year 1916.  

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

Sep 10   On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 10   Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician in the year 1916.  

Sep 10   The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 14   In the year 1916 christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game  

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

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

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1916 death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)  

Jan 14   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73  

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.  

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   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 01   On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65