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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] in the year 1916.   

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

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania in the year 1916.   

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   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   On this day in history john Thoday, geneticist   

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

Aug 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)   

Sep 01   In the year 1916 sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner   

Sep 02   In the year 1916 dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles   

Sep 03   On this day in history allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun   

Sep 03   Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.   

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   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.