Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   In the year 1916 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   22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author  

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   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 in the year 1916.  

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

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   In the year 1916 australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France  

Jul 23   In the year 1916 ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)  

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

Jul 25   On this day in history ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)  

Jul 26   Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1916.  

Jul 27   Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi in the year 1916.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1916.  

Aug 01   In the year 1916 hawaii National Park established  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73  

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57  

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.  

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

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