Page 11: Historical Events In 1916

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

Jul 15   22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jul 16   Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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) in the year 1916.   

Jul 20   In the year 1916 giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds   

Jul 22   A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 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   In the year 1916 ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1916 david Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)   

Jul 28   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 postal check & Girodienst establishes   

Jul 30   On this day in history g Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1916 hawaii National Park established   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.   

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

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

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 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   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.