Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

1922  On October - 16 max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)   

1923  On this day in history disney Company is founded   

1923  Disney Company founded on October - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1925  On October - 16 peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)   

1925  Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on October - 16.   

1926  US Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed   

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  Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies on October - 16.   

1929  Bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- ) on this day in history.   

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim on October - 16.   

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on October - 16.   

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

1936  Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA on this day in history.   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on October - 16.   

1939  Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1940  Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named first black general in regular army on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 16 lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st   

1940  Warsaw Ghetto established on October - 16.   

1940  Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army on October - 16.   

1941  On this day in history "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers   

1941  General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

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

1942  On this day in history cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India   

1942  On October - 16 aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC   

1942  On this day in history 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed   

1943  On October - 16 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 October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On October - 16 birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  On October - 16 birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

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

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on October - 16.   

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

1355  On this day in history death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

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

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.