Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   In the year 1916 natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary)  

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

Jul 15   In the year 1916 george Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam)  

Jul 16   Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough on this day in history.  

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

Jul 17   On this day in history eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)  

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

Jul 18   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education in the year 1916.  

Jul 19   On this day in history battle of Fromelles, France starts  

Jul 19   James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines) on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds  

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

Jul 22   In the year 1916 hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter  

Jul 22   In the year 1916 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   Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on this day in history.  

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   Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)  

Jul 28   In the year 1916 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   Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter in the year 1916.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1916 claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)  

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died in the year 1916.  

Jan 08   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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