Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   On this day in history douglas Ranger, surgeon  

Oct 05   Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured in the year 1916.  

Oct 06   Tommy Lawton, footballer on this day in history.  

Oct 07   222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee in the year 1916.  

Oct 07   In the year 1916 walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)  

Oct 08   On this day in history piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France  

Oct 08   In the year 1916 spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)  

Oct 09   Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings on this day in history.  

Oct 10   On this day in history benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)  

Oct 10   On this day in history in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3  

Oct 12   Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series on this day in history.  

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) on this day in history.  

Oct 14   C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.  

Oct 16   Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus in the year 1916.  

Oct 16   On this day in history klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73  

Oct 16   On this day in history margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn  

Oct 17   On this day in history dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage  

Oct 17   In the year 1916 robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)  

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire in the year 1916.  

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) in the year 1916.  

Oct 21   On this day in history andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)  

Oct 21   On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated  

Oct 21   In the year 1916 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps  

Oct 22   Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen) in the year 1916.  

Oct 24   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95)  

Oct 26   In the year 1916 margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)  

Oct 27   In the year 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)  

Oct 27   In the year 1916 bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel)  

Oct 27   HMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship on this day in history.  

Oct 27   The first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) in the year 1916.  

Oct 28   First conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated in the year 1916.  

Oct 28   In the year 1916 jessie Kesson, author  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of philip Bezanson, composer  

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

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

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

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

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