Historical Events In 1916

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

Aug 26   In the year 1916 sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France  

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

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

Aug 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.  

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania in the year 1916.  

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

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

Aug 29   On this day in history george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)  

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   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.  

Aug 30   In the year 1916 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany  

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

Aug 31   In the year 1916 oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London  

Sep 01   On this day in history bulgaria declares war on Romania  

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.  

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

Sep 05   On this day in history 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)  

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

Sep 07   On this day in history giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak  

Sep 10   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1916.  

Sep 10   Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1916.  

Sep 11   German troops conquer Kavalla Greece on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) in the year 1916.  

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   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

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