Historical Events In 1916

Oct 30   Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1916.  

Oct 31   On this day in history carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden  

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 in the year 1916.  

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

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

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) in the year 1916.  

Nov 06   Ray Conniff, Attleboro Mass, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers) in the year 1916.  

Nov 07   Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising on this day in history.  

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

Nov 07   Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) on this day in history.  

Nov 08   In the year 1916 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.  

Nov 10   Billy May, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) in the year 1916.  

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

Nov 12   Jean Papineau-Couture, composer in the year 1916.  

Nov 13   Battle of the Somme ends, with a cost of 60,000 Allied lives on this day in history.  

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

Nov 13   On this day in history frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35  

Nov 13   On this day in history jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)  

Nov 14   On this day in history sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)  

Nov 15   Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound)  

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

Nov 17   On this day in history winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi)  

Nov 18   Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 20   Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter in the year 1916.  

Nov 21   On this day in history cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer  

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   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter  

Jan 04   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.  

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   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   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.