Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

1922  On this day in history max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)   

1923  Disney Company is founded on October - 16.   

1923  On this day in history disney Company founded   

1923  Bert Kaempfert, rocker on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history germany Weimar Republic signs Lucarno agreement guaranteeing as equal partner with Western European states the frontiers of Western Europe and that no country will attack or invade the other.   

1925  On this day in history texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution   

1925  On October - 16 peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)   

1925  Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on October - 16.   

1926  On October - 16 uS Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200   

1926  On October - 16 mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed   

1927  On this day in history gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )   

1928  On this day in history mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points   

1928  Mary Daly, American feminist on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies   

1929  On October - 16 bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- )   

1931  On this day in history trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim   

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on this day in history.   

1934  Mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA   

1939  On October - 16 sugar rationing begins in Netherlands   

1939  Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on October - 16.   

1940  Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named first black general in regular army on this day in history.   

1940  Lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st on October - 16.   

1940  Warsaw Ghetto established on this day in history.   

1940  Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army on October - 16.   

1941  "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers on October - 16.   

1941  General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on October - 16.   

1941  On this day in history germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

1941  "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on this day in history.   

1942  Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 16 aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC   

1942  12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed on this day in history.   

1943  Chicago opens new subway system on October - 16.   

1943  On this day in history the Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1), at Bridgeport, Connecticut   

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

0775  On October - 16 mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On this day in history nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on October - 16.   

1473  On this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on October - 16.