Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   In the year 1916 douglas Ranger, surgeon  

Oct 05   Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured on this day in history.  

Oct 06   In the year 1916 tommy Lawton, footballer  

Oct 07   On this day in history 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee  

Oct 07   Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) on this day in history.  

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   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 10   Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1916.  

Oct 12   In the year 1916 boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series  

Oct 13   On this day in history david Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)  

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

Oct 14   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 in the year 1916.  

Oct 16   In the year 1916 dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus  

Oct 16   In the year 1916 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   Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage in the year 1916.  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire  

Oct 19   In the year 1916 david Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.  

Oct 26   Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95) in the year 1916.  

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

Oct 27   On this day in history 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)  

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

Oct 27   In the year 1916 hMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship.  

Oct 27   The first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 28   Jessie Kesson, author in the year 1916.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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.