Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.  

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   In the year 1916 benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author  

Jul 18   On this day in history isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education  

Jul 19   Battle of Fromelles, France starts in the year 1916.  

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

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 in the year 1916.  

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

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

Jul 23   On this day in history ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)  

Jul 23   In the year 1916 william Ramsey, chemist, dies  

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

Jul 25   In the year 1916 explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks  

Jul 25   Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P) in the year 1916.  

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   In the year 1916 charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies  

Jul 28   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.  

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

Jul 30   In the year 1916 robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter  

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.