Page 13: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   In the year 1916 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   Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I in the year 1916.   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   On this day in history boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0   

Aug 30   In the year 1916 john Thoday, geneticist   

Aug 30   Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany in the year 1916.   

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

Aug 31   Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles on this day in history.   

Sep 03   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.   

Sep 04   Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) in the year 1916.   

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   On this day in history giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak   

Sep 10   In the year 1916 friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   On this day in history 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   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game   

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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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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