Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

1922  Max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days) on October - 16.   

1923  Disney Company is founded on October - 16.   

1923  On October - 16 disney Company founded   

1923  On this day in history bert Kaempfert, rocker   

1925  Germany Weimar Republic signs Lucarno agreement guaranteeing as equal partner with Western European states the frontiers of Western Europe and that no country will attack or invade the other on October - 16.   

1925  On this day in history texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution   

1925  On this day in history peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)   

1925  On October - 16 angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)   

1926  On October - 16 uS Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200   

1926  Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 16 gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )   

1928  Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on October - 16.   

1928  Mary Daly, American feminist on this day in history.   

1928  On October - 16 septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies   

1929  On October - 16 bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- )   

1931  On this day in history trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim   

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on this day in history.   

1934  Mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 16 lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63   

1940  On October - 16 benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named first black general in regular army   

1940  Lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st on October - 16.   

1940  On October - 16 warsaw Ghetto established   

1940  On October - 16 benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army   

1941  "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers on October - 16.   

1941  On October - 16 general Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier.   

1941  On October - 16 germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

1941  "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on October - 16.   

1942  Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India on October - 16.   

1942  Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC on October - 16.   

1942  On October - 16 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed   

1943  On this day in history chicago opens new subway system   

1943  On this day in history the Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1), at Bridgeport, Connecticut   

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1396  On this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

1708  On October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  On October - 16 death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered