Page 13: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 in the year 1916.   

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   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   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   In the year 1916 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   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   On this day in history john Thoday, geneticist   

Aug 30   In the year 1916 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

Aug 31   On this day in history daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)   

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

Sep 01   Bulgaria declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1916.   

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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1916.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.   

Jan 22   In the year 1916 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.