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   On this day in history c Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]  

Aug 28   On this day in history francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies  

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

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Congress creates US Naval reserve on this day in history.  

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) on this day in history.  

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

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   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1916.  

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

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner in the year 1916.  

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

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   The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen in the year 1916.  

Sep 11   In the year 1916 german troops conquer Kavalla Greece  

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game in the year 1916.  

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

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

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65