Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   On this day in history douglas Ranger, surgeon   

Oct 05   Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Tommy Lawton, footballer in the year 1916.   

Oct 07   222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee in the year 1916.   

Oct 07   In the year 1916 walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)   

Oct 08   Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France in the year 1916.   

Oct 08   Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings in the year 1916.   

Oct 10   Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1916 in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3   

Oct 12   On this day in history boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series   

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) in the year 1916.   

Oct 14   Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1916 dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus   

Oct 16   On this day in history klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73   

Oct 16   Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in the year 1916.   

Oct 17   Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) in the year 1916.   

Oct 18   On this day in history peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire   

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) in the year 1916.   

Oct 21   On this day in history andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)   

Oct 21   Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1916 uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

Oct 22   In the year 1916 michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)   

Oct 24   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95) in the year 1916.   

Oct 26   Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) on this day in history.   

Oct 27   On this day in history 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

Oct 27   On this day in history bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], Dutch actor/director (Daniel)   

Oct 27   In the year 1916 hMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship.   

Oct 27   In the year 1916 the first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

Oct 28   In the year 1916 first conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated   

Oct 28   Jessie Kesson, author on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1916 death of grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831)   

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   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.   

Jan 16   On this day in history arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   In the year 1916 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