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

Aug 28   In the year 1916 francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies   

Aug 28   In the year 1916 germany declares war on Romania   

Aug 28   On this day in history italy declares war against Germany during WW I   

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

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) in the year 1916.   

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   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany on this day in history.   

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

Aug 31   On this day in history oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London   

Sep 01   On this day in history bulgaria declares war on Romania   

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

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner in the year 1916.   

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Sep 06   In the year 1916 anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner   

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

Sep 10   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   In the year 1916 arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.   

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