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

Oct 09   Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history 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   Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series on this day in history.   

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) on this day in history.   

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

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 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   In the year 1916 margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn   

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

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

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

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

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   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   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   In the year 1916 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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.   

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

Jan 15   In the year 1916 death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

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

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