Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

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

1923  On this day in history disney Company is founded   

1923  On this day in history disney Company founded   

1923  On this day in history bert Kaempfert, rocker   

1925  On this day in history 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  Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution on October - 16.   

1925  Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)   

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

1926  On October - 16 mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed   

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

1928  On this day in history mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points   

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

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

1929  Bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- ) on October - 16.   

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim on this day in history.   

1931  On October - 16 trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st   

1934  Mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March on October - 16.   

1936  On this day in history lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA   

1939  On this day in history sugar rationing begins in Netherlands   

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

1940  On this day in history 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  On October - 16 "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers   

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

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

1941  On this day in history "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  Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC on October - 16.   

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

1943  Chicago opens new subway system on October - 16.   

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

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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  On October - 16 birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on October - 16.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  On this day in history mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On October - 16 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  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  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

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

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