Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   On this day in history natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary)   

Jul 15   In the year 1916 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)   

Jul 15   22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC in the year 1916.   

Jul 15   In the year 1916 american airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors.   

Jul 15   George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam) on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough in the year 1916.   

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies in the year 1916.   

Jul 17   Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) in the year 1916.   

Jul 18   Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Battle of Fromelles, France starts on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history james D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines)   

Jul 20   In the year 1916 giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds   

Jul 22   In the year 1916 a bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10   

Jul 22   In the year 1916 hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter   

Jul 22   Ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco in the year 1916.   

Jul 23   Australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   William Ramsey, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 24   On this day in history bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)   

Jul 25   Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks in the year 1916.   

Jul 25   In the year 1916 ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)   

Jul 26   Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1916 charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies   

Jul 28   In the year 1916 david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)   

Jul 28   In the year 1916 navy establishes a Code and Signal Section which initially worked against German ciphers and tested the security of communications during U.S. naval training maneuvers.   

Jul 29   Postal check & Girodienst establishes in the year 1916.   

Jul 30   In the year 1916 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra   

Jul 30   In the year 1916 german saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ   

Jul 30   On this day in history robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter   

Jul 31   On this day in history sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks)   

Aug 01   Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Hawaii National Park established in the year 1916.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.   

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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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