Page 18: Historical Events In 1916
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Dec 16 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer. 


Dec 17 Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes). 


Dec 17 Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated 


Dec 18 Betty Grable, American actress is born. 


Dec 18 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 


Dec 19 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) 


Dec 19 Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo. 


Dec 20 Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 


Dec 20 Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader 


Dec 21 Eve Perrick, journalist. 


Dec 23 Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter 


Dec 23 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba 


Dec 26 Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81. 


Dec 26 Helmut Eder, composer. 


Dec 26 Joseph Joffre is recorded as becoming marshal of France 


Dec 27 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70. 


Dec 28 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81. 


Dec 28 Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash). 


Dec 29 Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 


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


Dec 31 Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76 


Dec 31 Suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws). 


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