Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   On this day in history phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0  

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   In the year 1916 martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)  

Aug 27   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 italy declares war against Germany during WW I  

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

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

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.  

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany  

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

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

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   On this day in history memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker  

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

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

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) 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   In the year 1916 friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77  

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   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece  

Sep 13   In the year 1916 roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables)  

Sep 14   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.  

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