Page 13: Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   In the year 1916 phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0   

Aug 26   Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)   

Aug 27   On this day in history romania declares war on Austria-Hungary   

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   In the year 1916 francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies   

Aug 28   In the year 1916 germany declares war on Romania   

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   Congress creates US Naval reserve on this day in history.   

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

Aug 31   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London   

Sep 01   On this day in history bulgaria declares war on Romania   

Sep 01   In the year 1916 keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)   

Sep 01   Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner in the year 1916.   

Sep 02   In the year 1916 dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles   

Sep 03   Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker   

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game in the year 1916.   

Sep 04   In the year 1916 christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game   

Sep 04   Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) on this day in history.   

Sep 05   36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) in the year 1916.   

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner in the year 1916.   

Sep 07   In the year 1916 giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak   

Sep 10   On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician in the year 1916.   

Sep 10   The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen in the year 1916.   

Sep 11   German troops conquer Kavalla Greece in the year 1916.   

Sep 13   On this day in history roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables)   

Sep 14   Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

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

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 04   Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) was born in the year 1916.   

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

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

Jan 15   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.   

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