Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1916.   

Aug 27   In the year 1916 martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)   

Aug 27   In the year 1916 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   Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   Italy declares war against Germany during WW I on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Congress creates US Naval reserve in the year 1916.   

Aug 29   On this day in history george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)   

Aug 29   Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   John Thoday, geneticist in the year 1916.   

Aug 30   In the year 1916 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

Aug 31   In the year 1916 daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 03   In the year 1916 memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker   

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

Sep 04   On this day in history christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game   

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

Sep 05   36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner on this day in history.   

Sep 07   On this day in history giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak   

Sep 10   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician   

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

Sep 11   On this day in history german troops conquer Kavalla Greece   

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

Sep 14   In the year 1916 christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game   

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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   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

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   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.