Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon in the year 1916.  

Oct 05   In the year 1916 soldier Adolf Hitler is injured  

Oct 06   In the year 1916 tommy Lawton, footballer  

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   Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on this day in history.  

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 the year 1916 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) in the year 1916.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1916 klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73  

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn on this day in history.  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 21   US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps on this day in history.  

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

Oct 24   In the year 1916 moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont  

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

Oct 26   Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 the first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)  

Oct 28   First conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated on this day in history.  

Oct 28   On this day in history jessie Kesson, author  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter  

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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