Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show) in the year 1916.  

Aug 27   Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.  

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies  

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania in the year 1916.  

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history congress creates US Naval reserve  

Aug 29   On this day in history george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)  

Aug 29   Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown in the year 1916.  

Aug 30   On this day in history boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0  

Aug 30   On this day in history john Thoday, geneticist  

Aug 30   In the year 1916 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany  

Aug 31   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) in the year 1916.  

Aug 31   Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Bulgaria declares war on Romania in the year 1916.  

Sep 01   On this day in history keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)  

Sep 01   On this day in history sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner  

Sep 02   On this day in history dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles  

Sep 03   In the year 1916 allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun  

Sep 03   Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game in the year 1916.  

Sep 04   On this day in history robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)  

Sep 05   In the year 1916 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)  

Sep 06   On this day in history anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner  

Sep 07   Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1916.  

Sep 10   In the year 1916 niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician  

Sep 10   In the year 1916 the suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen.  

Sep 11   German troops conquer Kavalla Greece in the year 1916.  

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) in the year 1916.  

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game in the year 1916.  

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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   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 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   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   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57  

Jan 22   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

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