Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon in the year 1916.   

Oct 05   On this day in history soldier Adolf Hitler is injured   

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   On this day in history walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)   

Oct 08   On this day in history piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France   

Oct 08   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) in the year 1916.   

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

Oct 10   Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) in the year 1916.   

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   Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1916 david Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)   

Oct 14   C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) in the year 1916.   

Oct 14   On this day in history 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.   

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

Oct 16   In the year 1916 klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73   

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in the year 1916.   

Oct 17   Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)   

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire in the year 1916.   

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1916 andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)   

Oct 21   On this day in history karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated   

Oct 21   US Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps in the year 1916.   

Oct 22   In the year 1916 michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)   

Oct 24   On this day in history moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont   

Oct 26   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

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

Oct 27   HMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship in the year 1916.   

Oct 27   On this day in history the first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

Oct 28   First conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated in the year 1916.   

Oct 28   In the year 1916 jessie Kesson, author   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

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

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

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1916 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 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