Historical Events In 1916

Aug 26   Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 in the year 1916.   

Aug 26   In the year 1916 sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France   

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

Aug 27   In the year 1916 romania declares war on Austria-Hungary   

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

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

Aug 28   Germany declares war on Romania on this day in history.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1916 congress creates US Naval reserve   

Aug 29   George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown   

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   Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) in the year 1916.   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1916 bulgaria declares war on Romania   

Sep 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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) 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   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   On this day in history niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician   

Sep 10   On this day in history 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   German troops conquer Kavalla Greece on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables) in the year 1916.   

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   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

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

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

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