Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary) on this day in history.   

Jul 15   22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) in the year 1916.   

Jul 15   On this day in history 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC   

Jul 15   American airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors in the year 1916.   

Jul 15   George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam) on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough in the year 1916.   

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education   

Jul 19   Battle of Fromelles, France starts in the year 1916.   

Jul 19   James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines) in the year 1916.   

Jul 20   In the year 1916 giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds   

Jul 22   In the year 1916 a bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10   

Jul 22   Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter in the year 1916.   

Jul 22   In the year 1916 ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.   

Jul 23   Australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)   

Jul 23   On this day in history william Ramsey, chemist, dies   

Jul 24   Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on this day in history.   

Jul 25   On this day in history explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks   

Jul 25   Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P) in the year 1916.   

Jul 26   On this day in history gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

Jul 27   Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1916 charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies   

Jul 28   David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes) in the year 1916.   

Jul 28   On this day in history navy establishes a Code and Signal Section which initially worked against German ciphers and tested the security of communications during U.S. naval training maneuvers.   

Jul 29   Postal check & Girodienst establishes in the year 1916.   

Jul 30   G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra in the year 1916.   

Jul 30   German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter in the year 1916.   

Jul 31   Sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1916 hawaii National Park established   

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

Jan 06   In the year 1916 birth of philip Bezanson, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   In the year 1916 arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.   

Feb 01   On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65