Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France  

Aug 27   On this day in history martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)  

Aug 27   Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.  

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   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   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   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   In the year 1916 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) in the year 1916.  

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

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

Sep 03   Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker in the year 1916.  

Sep 04   On this day in history christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game  

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) 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   In the year 1916 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   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1916 birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)  

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   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)  

Jan 08   In the year 1916 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   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57  

Jan 22   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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