Historical Events In 1916

Oct 30   On this day in history silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70  

Oct 31   Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden in the year 1916.  

Oct 31   Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government on this day in history.  

Nov 02   Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar  

Nov 04   The birth of Walter Cronkite, Legendary US TV reporter on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81) in the year 1916.  

Nov 05   Emperor Wilhelm II & French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II) on this day in history.  

Nov 06   Ray Conniff, Attleboro Mass, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers) on this day in history.  

Nov 07   On this day in history grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising  

Nov 07   Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) on this day in history.  

Nov 07   In the year 1916 woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President  

Nov 08   Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) in the year 1916.  

Nov 08   HMS Zulu, a Tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Disabled by a mine in the Dover Straits which destroyed the after part of the ship. The fore part of HMS Zulu and the aft part of HMS Nubian were salvaged and later joined together to form HMS Zubian. This ship went on to acquire battle honours, to be sold later in 1919 in the year 1916.  

Nov 10   On this day in history billy May, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)  

Nov 11   Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman on this day in history.  

Nov 12   In the year 1916 jean Papineau-Couture, composer  

Nov 13   On this day in history battle of the Somme ends, with a cost of 60,000 Allied lives  

Nov 13   On this day in history british offensive at Ancre Belgium  

Nov 13   Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1916.  

Nov 13   In the year 1916 jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)  

Nov 14   Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is) on this day in history.  

Nov 15   In the year 1916 dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados  

Nov 16   Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi) in the year 1916.  

Nov 18   On this day in history gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe  

Nov 18   James L Lyons, jazz promoter on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers) on this day in history.  

Nov 20   On this day in history ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter  

Nov 21   Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama) 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   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born in the year 1916.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 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   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65