Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary) in the year 1916.   

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

Jul 15   In the year 1916 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC   

Jul 15   American airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history george Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam)   

Jul 16   Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough in the year 1916.   

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies in the year 1916.   

Jul 17   Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) in the year 1916.   

Jul 18   Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author in the year 1916.   

Jul 18   On this day in history isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education   

Jul 19   Battle of Fromelles, France starts on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history james D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines)   

Jul 20   On this day in history giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 22   Ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco in the year 1916.   

Jul 23   In the year 1916 australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France   

Jul 23   On this day in history ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)   

Jul 23   William Ramsey, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1916 bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)   

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   On this day in history asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi   

Jul 27   On this day in history charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies   

Jul 28   David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes) in the year 1916.   

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   Postal check & Girodienst establishes on this day in history.   

Jul 30   G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra on this day in history.   

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

Jul 30   In the year 1916 robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter   

Jul 31   Sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks) in the year 1916.   

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

Aug 01   Hawaii National Park established in the year 1916.   

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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   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   In the year 1916 death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.   

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

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