Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France in the year 1916.   

Aug 27   On this day in history martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)   

Aug 27   On this day in history romania declares war on Austria-Hungary   

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   In the year 1916 germany declares war on Romania   

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   On this day in history congress creates US Naval reserve   

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

Aug 31   In the year 1916 daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)   

Aug 31   In the year 1916 oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London   

Sep 01   In the year 1916 bulgaria declares war on Romania   

Sep 01   Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner   

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun in the year 1916.   

Sep 03   On this day in history memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker   

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)   

Sep 05   36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1916 giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak   

Sep 10   On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   On this day in history niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician   

Sep 10   The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen in the year 1916.   

Sep 11   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece   

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game in the year 1916.   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 06   In the year 1916 birth of philip Bezanson, composer   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

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.