Historical Events In October - 16

1922  On this day in history max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)   

1923  On this day in history disney Company is founded   

1923  On this day in history disney Company founded   

1923  On October - 16 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 October - 16.   

1925  Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) on October - 16.   

1926  On this day in history uS Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200   

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

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

1928  Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points on this day in history.   

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 October - 16.   

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 October - 16.   

1939  On October - 16 sugar rationing begins in Netherlands   

1939  Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1940  Warsaw Ghetto established on October - 16.   

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  On October - 16 general Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier.   

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

1941  "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on October - 16.   

1942  On this day in history cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India   

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

1430  King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) was born on October - 16.   

1483  On October - 16 birth of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)   

1535  Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585) was born on October - 16.   

1605  Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer was born on this day in history.   

1663  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736) was born on October - 16.   

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

1708  Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science) was born on this day in history.   

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

1323  On October - 16 amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74   

1333  On October - 16 nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies   

1355  On October - 16 death of louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death   

1473  Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies on October - 16.   

1553  Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on October - 16.   

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

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