Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

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

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   On this day in history harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough   

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies in the year 1916.   

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

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

Jul 18   In the year 1916 isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education   

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

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

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

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

Jul 22   Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1916.   

Jul 23   William Ramsey, chemist, dies in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 27   On this day in history asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi   

Jul 27   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jul 31   Sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks) in the year 1916.   

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   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

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

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   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   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65