Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   On this day in history natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary)  

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

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

Jul 15   On this day in history american airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors.  

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

Jul 16   On this day in history harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough  

Jul 16   On this day in history ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies  

Jul 17   In the year 1916 eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)  

Jul 18   Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author in the year 1916.  

Jul 18   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education on this day in history.  

Jul 19   In the year 1916 battle of Fromelles, France starts  

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

Jul 20   Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds in the year 1916.  

Jul 22   A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 on this day in history.  

Jul 22   On this day in history hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter  

Jul 22   On this day in history ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.  

Jul 23   On this day in history australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France  

Jul 23   Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) on this day in history.  

Jul 23   William Ramsey, chemist, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)  

Jul 25   Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P) on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1916 gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52  

Jul 27   In the year 1916 asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi  

Jul 27   Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 28   In the year 1916 david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)  

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   On this day in history postal check & Girodienst establishes  

Jul 30   G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra on this day in history.  

Jul 30   German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ in the year 1916.  

Jul 30   On this day in history robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter  

Jul 31   On this day in history sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks)  

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

Aug 01   Hawaii National Park established on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)  

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter  

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of philip Bezanson, composer  

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

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