Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon on this day in history.  

Oct 05   In the year 1916 soldier Adolf Hitler is injured  

Oct 06   On this day in history tommy Lawton, footballer  

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   Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) in the year 1916.  

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   On this day in history babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings  

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

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

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) in the year 1916.  

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   In the year 1916 margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn  

Oct 17   Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage on this day in history.  

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire on this day in history.  

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 21   Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1916.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.