Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   In the year 1916 natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary)   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1916 ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies   

Jul 17   On this day in history eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)   

Jul 18   Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1916 isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 22   Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter in the year 1916.   

Jul 22   On this day in history ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.   

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

Jul 23   In the year 1916 ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965)   

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

Jul 24   On this day in history bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)   

Jul 25   On this day in history explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks   

Jul 25   On this day in history ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)   

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   In the year 1916 charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies   

Jul 28   On this day in history david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)   

Jul 28   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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 29   On this day in history postal check & Girodienst establishes   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1916 sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks)   

Aug 01   In the year 1916 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   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1916 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   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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