Page 16: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 30   Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1916 paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.   

Nov 02   In the year 1916 ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France   

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

Nov 03   In the year 1916 treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar   

Nov 04   The birth of Walter Cronkite, Legendary US TV reporter in the year 1916.   

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

Nov 05   In the year 1916 emperor Wilhelm II & French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland   

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

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

Nov 07   Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising in the year 1916.   

Nov 07   In the year 1916 joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)   

Nov 07   On this day in history woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President   

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

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   In the year 1916 billy May, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

Nov 11   On this day in history eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman   

Nov 12   Jean Papineau-Couture, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1916 battle of the Somme ends, with a cost of 60,000 Allied lives   

Nov 13   British offensive at Ancre Belgium in the year 1916.   

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   Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) in the year 1916.   

Nov 16   Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC in the year 1916.   

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

Nov 18   Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe in the year 1916.   

Nov 18   On this day in history james L Lyons, jazz promoter   

Nov 19   Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers) in the year 1916.   

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) on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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 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   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1916 arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65