Historical Events In August - 16
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1870 Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer
1874 Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26) on August - 16.
1876 The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) on August - 16.
1876 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth on August - 16.
1877 Karl L Hoschna, composer on August - 16.
1879 Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) on this day in history.
1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history pierre H Ritter Jr, Dutch literary/head (Utrecht Newspaper)
1884 On August - 16 adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser (British Petroleum/Shell)
1885 Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country) on this day in history.
1886 Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 on August - 16.
1887 On this day in history nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony)
1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia on this day in history.
1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant") on August - 16.
1894 On August - 16 indian chiefs from the Sioux & Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity & return to their old Indian faith
1894 George Meany, NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO) on August - 16.
1894 Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 on August - 16.
1895 Jacinto Guerrero, composer on August - 16.
1896 On August - 16 gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala
1897 Robert Ringling, circus master on August - 16.
1898 Roller coaster patented on August - 16.
1898 On August - 16 edwin Prescott patents roller coaster
1899 Glenn Strange, Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke) on August - 16.
1900 On this day in history eca de Queiroz, writer, dies
1902 On this day in history georgette Heyer, England, novelist (Friday's Child)
1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8 on this day in history.
1904 NYC begins building Grand Central Station on this day in history.
1904 Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel 1946) on August - 16.
1905 On August - 16 mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa
1906 On this day in history -17] 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000
1906 Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89) on this day in history.
1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco on August - 16.
1907 On August - 16 alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
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