Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   On this day in history douglas Ranger, surgeon  

Oct 05   In the year 1916 soldier Adolf Hitler is injured  

Oct 06   On this day in history tommy Lawton, footballer  

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

Oct 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings  

Oct 10   In the year 1916 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   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) on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 16   Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 in the year 1916.  

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   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   In the year 1916 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) on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 28   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 06   In the year 1916 birth of philip Bezanson, composer  

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.