Historical Events In October - 16

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

1923  On October - 16 disney Company is founded   

1923  Disney Company founded on this day in history.   

1923  Bert Kaempfert, rocker on October - 16.   

1925  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 on this day in history.   

1925  Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution on October - 16.   

1925  On this day in history peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)   

1925  On October - 16 angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)   

1926  US Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 on October - 16.   

1926  Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed on October - 16.   

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

1928  Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on October - 16.   

1928  On this day in history mary Daly, American feminist   

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

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

1931  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim on October - 16.   

1931  On this day in history trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st   

1934  On October - 16 mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March   

1936  On October - 16 lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on October - 16.   

1939  On this day in history carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63   

1940  On October - 16 benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named first black general in regular army   

1940  On October - 16 lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st   

1940  On October - 16 warsaw Ghetto established   

1940  Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army on this day in history.   

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

1941  General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 16 germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

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

1942  Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India on October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

1943  Chicago opens new subway system on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 16 birth of albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)   

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

1323  Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on October - 16.   

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  On this day in history lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  On this day in history death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  On October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered