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) in the year 1916.  

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

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

Aug 30   In the year 1916 boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0  

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.  

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

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

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

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

Sep 01   In the year 1916 keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)  

Sep 01   In the year 1916 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   Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun on this day in history.  

Sep 03   In the year 1916 memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1916.  

Sep 10   Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician on this day in history.  

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   German troops conquer Kavalla Greece in the year 1916.  

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

Sep 14   In the year 1916 christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game  

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.  

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 in the year 1916.  

Jan 08   In the year 1916 death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)  

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.  

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.  

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