Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   In the year 1916 douglas Ranger, surgeon   

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

Oct 06   On this day in history tommy Lawton, footballer   

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

Oct 07   Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) in the year 1916.   

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

Oct 08   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) in the year 1916.   

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

Oct 10   Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1916 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   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   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 in the year 1916.   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1916 robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)   

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

Oct 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps on this day in history.   

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

Oct 26   In the year 1916 margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)   

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

Oct 27   In the year 1916 bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel)   

Oct 27   On this day in history 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   First conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated in the year 1916.   

Oct 28   Jessie Kesson, author on this day in history.   

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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   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   On this day in history 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   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

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 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