Page 13: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France in the year 1916.   

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

Aug 27   On this day in history romania declares war on Austria-Hungary   

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

Aug 28   Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   On this day in history germany declares war on Romania   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1916 congress creates US Naval reserve   

Aug 29   In the year 1916 george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)   

Aug 29   Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown on this day in history.   

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

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

Aug 31   In the year 1916 daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)   

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

Sep 01   Bulgaria declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

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

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker   

Sep 04   In the year 1916 christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game   

Sep 04   On this day in history christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game   

Sep 04   Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner in the year 1916.   

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   Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician in the year 1916.   

Sep 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece   

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

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

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

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born in the year 1916.   

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   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65