Historical Events In October - 16

1922  Max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days) on this day in history.   

1923  Disney Company is founded on this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

1925  Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution on this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

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

1927  Gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- ) on October - 16.   

1928  Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on October - 16.   

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

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  On October - 16 warsaw Ghetto established   

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

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

1941  On this day in history general Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier.   

1941  Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow on this day in history.   

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 this day in history aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC   

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

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  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  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 16.   

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  On October - 16 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 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  On this day in history death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered