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  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  On this day in history 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 October - 16.  

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 16.  

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

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

1931  On this day in history trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim  

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on this day in history.  

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

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 October - 16 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 this day in history.  

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  General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on October - 16.  

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 October - 16 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  On this day in history chicago opens new subway system  

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

1430  On October - 16 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  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.  

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

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.  

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.  

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

1553  On this day in history 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 October - 16.