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   On this day in history 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC   

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

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

Jul 18   In the year 1916 benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author   

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

Jul 19   Battle of Fromelles, France starts in the year 1916.   

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

Jul 20   In the year 1916 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   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 in the year 1916.   

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

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

Jul 26   In the year 1916 gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

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   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1916 postal check & Girodienst establishes   

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

Jul 30   German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ in the year 1916.   

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

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

Aug 01   Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 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   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of philip Bezanson, composer   

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   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

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

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