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   In the year 1916 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   In the year 1916 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   Germany declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   In the year 1916 congress creates US Naval reserve   

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1916 steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown   

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   On this day in history john Thoday, geneticist   

Aug 30   Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany in the year 1916.   

Aug 31   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1916 oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London   

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

Sep 01   Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles in the year 1916.   

Sep 03   Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 04   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64)   

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1916 friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   On this day in history niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician   

Sep 10   The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game   

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 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   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died in the year 1916.   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.   

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   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65