Historical Events In October - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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