Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16
Sunday, 11 May 2025
1922 Max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days) on October - 16.
1923 Disney Company is founded on this day in history.
1923 Disney Company founded on this day in history.
1923 Bert Kaempfert, rocker on this day in history.
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 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution on this day in history.
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 Gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- ) on October - 16.
1928 On this day in history mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points
1928 On this day in history mary Daly, American feminist
1928 Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies on this day in history.
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 October - 16.
1934 On October - 16 mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA on October - 16.
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 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 Warsaw Ghetto established on this day in history.
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 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow on October - 16.
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 On October - 16 aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC
1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed on October - 16.
1943 Chicago opens new subway system on this day in history.
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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