Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon on this day in history.   

Oct 05   In the year 1916 soldier Adolf Hitler is injured   

Oct 06   On this day in history tommy Lawton, footballer   

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

Oct 07   Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) on this day in history.   

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   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings in the year 1916.   

Oct 10   In the year 1916 benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

Oct 10   In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series   

Oct 13   In the year 1916 david Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)   

Oct 14   On this day in history c Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)   

Oct 14   In the year 1916 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   Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1916 dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage   

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) in the year 1916.   

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire in the year 1916.   

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   Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated in the year 1916.   

Oct 21   US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps in the year 1916.   

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

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   In the year 1916 hMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship.   

Oct 27   The first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) in the year 1916.   

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

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died in the year 1916.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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.