Page 12: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 01   In the year 1916 hawaii National Park forms   

Aug 01   Viscount Hanworth, barrister in the year 1916.   

Aug 02   On this day in history beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)   

Aug 02   Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Aug 02   World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto in the year 1916.   

Aug 03   Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt in the year 1916.   

Aug 03   Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 on this day in history.   

Aug 04   In the year 1916 denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million   

Aug 04   US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million in the year 1916.   

Aug 05   In the year 1916 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

Aug 06   In the year 1916 dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta   

Aug 07   On this day in history charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

Aug 08   A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1916 battle for Mouquet Farm   

Aug 10   In the year 1916 turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia   

Aug 12   Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris in the year 1916.   

Aug 13   Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1916.   

Aug 14   Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   On this day in history aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

Aug 17   In the year 1916 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

Aug 17   In the year 1916 eleanor Steber, opera singer   

Aug 18   In the year 1916 edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

Aug 18   Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma) in the year 1916.   

Aug 21   William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist on this day in history.   

Aug 22   John Slater, London England, actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass) in the year 1916.   

Aug 23   In the year 1916 military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years   

Aug 24   Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian in the year 1916.   

Aug 24   On this day in history official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas   

Aug 25   In the year 1916 dept of Interior forms National Park Service   

Aug 25   Erich Von Stroheim Jr, actor/director (Napoleon, Sunset Blvd) in the year 1916.   

Aug 25   On this day in history national Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior   

Aug 25   The US National Park Service is established on this day in history.   

Aug 26   In the year 1916 allan Leslie Merson, historian   

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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   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

Jan 15   In the year 1916 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   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.   

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

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.