Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

Jul 14   Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough   

Jul 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 18   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education on this day in history.   

Jul 19   In the year 1916 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   Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds in the year 1916.   

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

Jul 22   On this day in history hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter   

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

Jul 23   On this day in history australians enter the action in the battle of the Somme at Pozières and Mouquet Farm, France   

Jul 23   Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) in the year 1916.   

Jul 23   On this day in history william Ramsey, chemist, dies   

Jul 24   Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P) in the year 1916.   

Jul 26   Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1916.   

Jul 27   Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi in the year 1916.   

Jul 27   Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies in the year 1916.   

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

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   Postal check & Girodienst establishes on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1916 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra   

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

Jul 30   Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history sydney Tafler, London England, actor (Too Many Crooks)   

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

Aug 01   Hawaii National Park established in the year 1916.   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.   

Jan 14   In the year 1916 otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1916 arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1916.   

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65