Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

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

Jul 15   22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.   

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

Jul 23   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 27   On this day in history charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies   

Jul 28   David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 30   In the year 1916 german saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ   

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 in the year 1916.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1916 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   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.