Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1916 tommy Lawton, footballer   

Oct 07   222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth) in the year 1916.   

Oct 08   Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France in the year 1916.   

Oct 08   On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

Oct 09   In the year 1916 babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings   

Oct 10   On this day in history benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

Oct 10   In the year 1916 in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3   

Oct 12   In the year 1916 boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series   

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1916 c Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)   

Oct 14   Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus   

Oct 16   On this day in history klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73   

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn on this day in history.   

Oct 17   In the year 1916 dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage   

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) in the year 1916.   

Oct 21   Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1916 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

Oct 22   Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen) on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95)   

Oct 26   Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) on this day in history.   

Oct 27   1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel) in the year 1916.   

Oct 27   On this day in history hMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship.   

Oct 27   In the year 1916 the first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

Oct 28   On this day in history first conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated   

Oct 28   In the year 1916 jessie Kesson, author   

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

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   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.   

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65