Page 13: 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   Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary in the year 1916.   

Aug 28   C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28] on this day in history.   

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

Aug 28   On this day in history germany declares war on Romania   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history congress creates US Naval reserve   

Aug 29   In the year 1916 george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)   

Aug 29   In the year 1916 steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown   

Aug 30   In the year 1916 boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0   

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   Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Bulgaria declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)   

Sep 01   On this day in history sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner   

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

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1916 anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner   

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 in the year 1916.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1916 german troops conquer Kavalla Greece   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

Jan 08   In the year 1916 death of ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1916 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.