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

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

Aug 28   Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies in the year 1916.  

Aug 28   On this day in history germany declares war on Romania  

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

Aug 29   Congress creates US Naval reserve in the year 1916.  

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

Aug 29   On this day in history steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown  

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Sep 01   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 06   On this day in history anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner  

Sep 07   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 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   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.