Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   On this day in history douglas Ranger, surgeon  

Oct 05   On this day in history soldier Adolf Hitler is injured  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 08   In the year 1916 piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France  

Oct 08   On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)  

Oct 09   Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings in the year 1916.  

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

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

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

Oct 13   In the year 1916 david Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)  

Oct 14   In the year 1916 c Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)  

Oct 14   In the year 1916 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   Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in the year 1916.  

Oct 17   In the year 1916 dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage  

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) in the year 1916.  

Oct 18   In the year 1916 peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire  

Oct 19   On this day in history david Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)  

Oct 21   Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat) in the year 1916.  

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   In the year 1916 michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)  

Oct 24   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont in the year 1916.  

Oct 26   In the year 1916 francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95)  

Oct 26   On this day in history margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)  

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

Oct 27   Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history jessie Kesson, author  

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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   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

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

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   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died in the year 1916.  

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.  

Jan 14   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

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.