Page 5: Historical Events In October - 16

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

1923  On October - 16 disney Company is founded   

1923  Disney Company founded on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history bert Kaempfert, rocker   

1925  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 on October - 16.   

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  Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on October - 16.   

1926  US Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 on this day in history.   

1926  Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed on October - 16.   

1927  On October - 16 gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )   

1928  Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on October - 16.   

1928  Mary Daly, American feminist on this day in history.   

1928  On October - 16 septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies   

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

1931  On October - 16 trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd kills her first victim   

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

1934  On this day in history mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March   

1936  Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA on this day in history.   

1939  Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands on October - 16.   

1939  On this day in history carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

1940  Warsaw Ghetto established on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 16 benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army   

1941  "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers on October - 16.   

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

1941  On October - 16 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 this day in history.   

1942  Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC on October - 16.   

1942  On October - 16 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed   

1943  On this day in history chicago opens new subway system   

1943  On October - 16 the Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1), at Bridgeport, Connecticut   

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1396  On October - 16 birth of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)   

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

1483  On this day in history birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)   

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

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

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 October - 16.   

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 this day in history reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies   

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

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