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

Oct 07   On this day in history 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   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.  

Oct 09   In the year 1916 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   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   C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) in the year 1916.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1916.  

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

Oct 21   In the year 1916 andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)  

Oct 21   On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated  

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   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) in the year 1916.  

Oct 27   Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel) in the year 1916.  

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   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   In the year 1916 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   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   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

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   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.  

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   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73  

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.