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 this day in history.   

1923  Disney Company founded on October - 16.   

1923  Bert Kaempfert, rocker on this day in history.   

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 this day in history texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution   

1925  Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) on October - 16.   

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  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  On October - 16 mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points   

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

1928  On this day in history septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies   

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

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  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 October - 16.   

1939  Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on October - 16.   

1940  On this day in history 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  Warsaw Ghetto established on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India on this day in history.   

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

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

1943  Chicago opens new subway system on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 16 the Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1), at Bridgeport, Connecticut   

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

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

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

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

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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