Page 18: Historical Events In 1916

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

Dec 13   On this day in history avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol   

Dec 15   In the year 1916 french defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun   

Dec 15   Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962) in the year 1916.   

Dec 16   Gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen in the year 1916.   

Dec 16   Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered in the year 1916.   

Dec 16   On this day in history theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer   

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

Dec 17   Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1916 betty Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee)   

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

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

Dec 19   On this day in history adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea)   

Dec 19   In the year 1916 suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo   

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   Eve Perrick, journalist on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter   

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 in the year 1916.   

Dec 27   In the year 1916 nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70   

Dec 28   Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Dec 30   In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on this day in history.   

Dec 31   On this day in history ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 31   In the year 1916 suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws)   

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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   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

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   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   In the year 1916 death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.   

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