Historical Events In October - 16

1922  Max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days) on this day in history.   

1923  Disney Company is founded on October - 16.   

1923  On this day in history disney Company founded   

1923  On this day in history bert Kaempfert, rocker   

1925  On this day in history 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.   

1925  On October - 16 texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution   

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

1925  Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 16 uS Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200   

1926  On October - 16 mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed   

1927  Gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- ) on this day in history.   

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  Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies on this day in history.   

1929  Bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- ) on October - 16.   

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

1931  On October - 16 trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st   

1934  Mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1939  On October - 16 carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

1940  Warsaw Ghetto established on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army   

1941  On this day in history "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers   

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

1941  Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed   

1943  On this day in history chicago opens new subway system   

1943  The Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1), at Bridgeport, Connecticut on this day in history.   

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1396  On October - 16 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  On this day in history birth of charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer   

1663  On this day in history birth of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)   

1679  On October - 16 birth of jan Dismas Zelenka, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1355  On this day in history death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  On October - 16 reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 on October - 16.   

1570  Death of Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered on this day in history.