Page 17: Historical Events In 1916

Nov 24   Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi".   

Nov 24   John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79.   

Nov 26   Bob Elliot, baseball player.   

Nov 26   Greece declares war on Germany   

Nov 27   City of Birmingham, an Ellerman Lines ship, of 7498 grt, and built by Palmers of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1911, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U32, 90 miles south-east of Malta while bound from Liverpool to Karachi. with 315 passengers and crew on board, 4 lost their lives, all crew.   

Nov 27   James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88   

Nov 28   1st (German) air attack on London   

Nov 28   Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III   

Nov 28   Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59   

Nov 29   Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin.   

Nov 29   US declares martial law in Dominican Republic.   

Nov 29   Valentino Bucchi, composer   

Nov 30   Costa Rica is recorded as becoming a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty   

Nov 30   Michael Gwynn, Bath England, actor (Village of Damned, Question 7)   

Dec 01   Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58   

Dec 02   Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract.   

Dec 02   Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69.   

Dec 02   John Bentley, Warwickshire England, actor (Chair)   

Dec 05   Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73   

Dec 06   German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest   

Dec 07   British govt of David Lloyd George forms   

Dec 07   In this year, David Lloyd George formally adopts in place of resigning H.H. Asquith as British PM   

Dec 08   Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep.   

Dec 09   Canadian Pacific inaugurates the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel which eliminated the old route over Rogers Pass and shortened the line through the Selkirk Mountains by 4 1/2 miles   

Dec 09   Kirk Douglas, American actor is born.   

Dec 09   P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

Dec 09   Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)   

Dec 11   David Lloyd George forms British war govt   

Dec 12   Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed).   

Dec 13   Avalanche results in the deaths of 10000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol   

Dec 15   French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun.   

Dec 15   Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962)   

Dec 16   Gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen   

Dec 16   Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered   

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Jan 01   Earl wrightson: Balt md, singer (paul whiteman's goodyear revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio estevez: Composer   

Jan 03   Betty furness: Nyc, actress/consumer activist (studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard greenhouse: American cellist   

Jan 04   Catherina elisabeth "tootje" vreede: Portrait painter   

Jan 04   Robert parrish: Columbus ga, director (casino royale)   

Jan 04   Lionel newman: American film music composer    

Jan 06   Philip bezanson: Composer   

Jan 03   Grenville m. dodge: American civil war union army major general (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   Ada rehan: Irish-born american actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto ammon: German anthropologist/sociologist,   

Jan 15   Modest tchaikovsky: Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   Arnold aletrino: Dut physician-criminologist (from death),   

Jan 22   Iwan knorr: Composer,   

Jan 29   Edward hubertus joannes keurvils: Composer,   

Feb 01   Anton simon: Composer,