Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   In the year 1916 douglas Ranger, surgeon  

Oct 05   Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history tommy Lawton, footballer  

Oct 07   On this day in history 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee  

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

Oct 08   Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)  

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

Oct 10   In the year 1916 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) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 14   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 in the year 1916.  

Oct 16   Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus in the year 1916.  

Oct 16   In the year 1916 klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73  

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn on this day in history.  

Oct 17   On this day in history dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire  

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

Oct 21   On this day in history andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)  

Oct 21   On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated  

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

Oct 22   Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen) on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95)  

Oct 26   Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) on this day in history.  

Oct 27   In the year 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)  

Oct 27   Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel) in the year 1916.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jessie Kesson, author  

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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   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)  

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)  

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65