Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1922 On this day in history max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)
1923 On October - 16 disney Company is founded
1923 Disney Company founded on October - 16.
1923 On this day in history bert Kaempfert, rocker
1925 On October - 16 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.
1925 On October - 16 texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution
1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) on October - 16.
1925 Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on this day in history.
1926 On October - 16 uS Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200
1926 On this day in history mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
1927 Gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- ) on this day in history.
1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on this day in history.
1928 On October - 16 mary Daly, American feminist
1928 Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- )
1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim on this day in history.
1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on October - 16.
1934 On October - 16 mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
1936 On October - 16 lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
1939 Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on this day in history.
1939 Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1940 On October - 16 benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named first black general in regular army
1940 On this day in history lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st
1940 On this day in history 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 this day in history general Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier.
1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow on this day in history.
1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on October - 16.
1942 On this day in history cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India
1942 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed on this day in history.
1943 Chicago opens new subway system on this day in history.
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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