Historical Events In 1916

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.  

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.  

Dec 15   On this day in history french defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun  

Dec 15   On this day in history maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962)  

Dec 16   In the year 1916 gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen.  

Dec 16   In the year 1916 grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered  

Dec 16   In the year 1916 theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer  

Dec 17   In the year 1916 antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)  

Dec 17   On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated  

Dec 18   On this day in history betty Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee)  

Dec 18   The Battle of Verdun (France), one of the bloodiest WWI engagements, ends after 10 months and massive losses to both sides on this day in history.  

Dec 18   On this day in history the birth of Betty Grable, American actress  

Dec 19   Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on this day in history.  

Dec 19   Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo on this day in history.  

Dec 20   Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1916.  

Dec 20   Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader in the year 1916.  

Dec 21   On this day in history eve Perrick, journalist  

Dec 23   Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter on this day in history.  

Dec 23   In the year 1916 world War I: Battle of Magdhaba  

Dec 26   Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1916.  

Dec 26   Helmut Eder, composer in the year 1916.  

Dec 26   In the year 1916 joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France  

Dec 27   On this day in history nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70  

Dec 28   On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81  

Dec 28   Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash) on this day in history.  

Dec 29   In the year 1916 grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45  

Dec 30   In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on this day in history.  

Dec 31   In the year 1916 ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76  

Dec 31   In the year 1916 suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws)  

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

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 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   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   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   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)  

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   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57  

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.