Page 13: Historical Events In 1916
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Aug 28 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 


Aug 28 Germany declares war on Romania. 


Aug 28 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 


Aug 29 Congress creates US Naval reserve. 


Aug 29 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) 


Aug 29 Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1000 drown. 


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


Aug 30 John Thoday, geneticist 


Aug 30 Paul Von Hindenburg is recorded as becoming chief-of-General-Staff in Germany 


Aug 31 Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) 


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


Sep 01 Bulgaria declares war on Romania. 


Sep 01 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce). 


Sep 01 Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner 


Sep 02 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles 


Sep 03 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 


Sep 03 Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker. 


Sep 04 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game 


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


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


Sep 06 Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner 


Sep 07 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak 


Sep 10 Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77. 


Sep 10 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 


Sep 11 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece. 


Sep 13 Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) 


Sep 14 Eric Bentley, England, critic/writer (In Search of Theater). 


Sep 14 In this year, Christy Mathewson pitches and claims his final game. 


Sep 14 Josiah Royce, US philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies 


Sep 15 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France. 


Sep 15 inaugural tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France. 


Sep 15 Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer, dies at 82 


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