Historical Events In 1916

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol in the year 1916.  

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol in the year 1916.  

Dec 15   French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun in the year 1916.  

Dec 15   In the year 1916 maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962)  

Dec 16   On this day in history gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen.  

Dec 16   On this day in history grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered  

Dec 16   Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer in the year 1916.  

Dec 17   Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on this day in history.  

Dec 17   On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated  

Dec 18   Betty Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee) in the year 1916.  

Dec 18   The Battle of Verdun (France), one of the bloodiest WWI engagements, ends after 10 months and massive losses to both sides in the year 1916.  

Dec 18   On this day in history the birth of Betty Grable, American actress  

Dec 19   Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) in the year 1916.  

Dec 19   Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68  

Dec 20   On this day in history michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader  

Dec 21   On this day in history eve Perrick, journalist  

Dec 23   Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter in the year 1916.  

Dec 23   On this day in history world War I: Battle of Magdhaba  

Dec 26   On this day in history bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81  

Dec 26   In the year 1916 helmut Eder, composer  

Dec 26   Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France on this day in history.  

Dec 27   Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Dec 28   In the year 1916 eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81  

Dec 28   Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash) in the year 1916.  

Dec 29   Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on this day in history.  

Dec 30   In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered in the year 1916.  

Dec 31   Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1916.  

Dec 31   Suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws) in the year 1916.  

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

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1916 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.  

Jan 14   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73  

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.  

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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