Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

1922  On October - 16 max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)   

1923  Disney Company is founded on this day in history.   

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 this day in history texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution   

1925  Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)   

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

1926  On this day in history mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed   

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

1928  On this day in history mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points   

1928  Mary Daly, American feminist on October - 16.   

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  Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st on this day in history.   

1934  On October - 16 mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March   

1936  Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA on October - 16.   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on October - 16.   

1939  Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on October - 16.   

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

1940  On this day in history lottery for first US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st   

1940  On this day in history warsaw Ghetto established   

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

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

1941  General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on October - 16.   

1941  On this day in history germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

1941  On October - 16 "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 this day in history aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC   

1942  12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 16 chicago opens new subway system   

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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1396  William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450) was born on October - 16.   

1430  On this day in history birth of king James II of Scotland (d. 1460)   

1483  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on October - 16.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer was born on October - 16.   

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on October - 16.   

0775  Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

1323  On this day in history amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies on this day in history.   

1355  Death of Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death on this day in history.   

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

1553  On October - 16 lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81   

1555  On October - 16 death of hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80   

1570  On October - 16 death of baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered