Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 15   On this day in history 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC   

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

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

Jul 16   Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies   

Jul 17   In the year 1916 eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)   

Jul 18   On this day in history benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author   

Jul 18   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education in the year 1916.   

Jul 19   On this day in history battle of Fromelles, France starts   

Jul 19   James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines) in the year 1916.   

Jul 20   Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds in the year 1916.   

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

Jul 22   Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)   

Jul 23   William Ramsey, chemist, dies in the year 1916.   

Jul 24   Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) in the year 1916.   

Jul 25   In the year 1916 explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks   

Jul 25   Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P) in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 27   Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies in the year 1916.   

Jul 28   David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes) on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 postal check & Girodienst establishes   

Jul 30   On this day in history g Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra   

Jul 30   German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ on this day in history.   

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

Jul 31   Sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 01   On this day in history hawaii National Park established   

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

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

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

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

Jan 15   In the year 1916 death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.   

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65