Page 12: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 02   World War I: Austrian sabotage leads to the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.   

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

Aug 03   Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51.   

Aug 04   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.   

Aug 05   George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

Aug 06   Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta   

Aug 07   Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

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

Aug 08   Battle for Mouquet Farm.   

Aug 10   Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia   

Aug 12   Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz and Paquerette photographed in Paris   

Aug 13   Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61   

Aug 14   Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow).   

Aug 15   Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer.   

Aug 17   Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

Aug 17   Eleanor Steber, opera singer.   

Aug 18   Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

Aug 18   Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo).   

Aug 19   Marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma).   

Aug 21   William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist.   

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

Aug 23   Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years.   

Aug 24   Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian.   

Aug 24   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   Dept of Interior forms National Park Service.   

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

Aug 25   National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior.   

Aug 25   The US National Park Service is established   

Aug 26   Allan Leslie Merson, historian.   

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0.   

Aug 26   Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France.   

Aug 27   Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show).   

Aug 27   Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.   

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Jan 01   Earl wrightson: Balt md, singer (paul whiteman's goodyear revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio estevez: Composer   

Jan 03   Betty furness: Nyc, actress/consumer activist (studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard greenhouse: American cellist   

Jan 04   Catherina elisabeth "tootje" vreede: Portrait painter   

Jan 04   Robert parrish: Columbus ga, director (casino royale)   

Jan 04   Lionel newman: American film music composer    

Jan 06   Philip bezanson: Composer   

Jan 03   Grenville m. dodge: American civil war union army major general (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   Ada rehan: Irish-born american actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto ammon: German anthropologist/sociologist,    

Jan 15   Modest tchaikovsky: Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   Arnold aletrino: Dut physician-criminologist (from death),   

Jan 22   Iwan knorr: Composer,   

Jan 29   Edward hubertus joannes keurvils: Composer,   

Feb 01   Anton simon: Composer,