Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon in the year 1916.   

Oct 05   On this day in history soldier Adolf Hitler is injured   

Oct 06   Tommy Lawton, footballer in the year 1916.   

Oct 07   222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee in the year 1916.   

Oct 07   On this day in history walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)   

Oct 08   In the year 1916 piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France   

Oct 08   In the year 1916 spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

Oct 09   On this day in history babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings   

Oct 10   On this day in history benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

Oct 10   In the year 1916 in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3   

Oct 12   Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series in the year 1916.   

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) in the year 1916.   

Oct 14   C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) in the year 1916.   

Oct 14   On this day in history sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.   

Oct 16   In the year 1916 dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus   

Oct 16   Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in the year 1916.   

Oct 17   Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1916 peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire   

Oct 19   In the year 1916 david Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)   

Oct 21   Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1916 karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated   

Oct 21   On this day in history uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

Oct 22   In the year 1916 michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)   

Oct 24   In the year 1916 moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont   

Oct 26   Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95) in the year 1916.   

Oct 26   On this day in history margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)   

Oct 27   1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel) on this day in history.   

Oct 27   HMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship in the year 1916.   

Oct 27   In the year 1916 the first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

Oct 28   On this day in history first conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated   

Oct 28   Jessie Kesson, author 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   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

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 in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.   

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

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

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.