Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon in the year 1916.   

Oct 05   In the year 1916 soldier Adolf Hitler is injured   

Oct 06   Tommy Lawton, footballer on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee   

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

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

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   Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series in the year 1916.   

Oct 13   On this day in history david Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)   

Oct 14   In the year 1916 c Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)   

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   On this day in history dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus   

Oct 16   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage   

Oct 17   On this day in history robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)   

Oct 18   In the year 1916 peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire   

Oct 19   David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 21   On this day in history uS Army forms Reserve Officers Training Corps   

Oct 22   Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen) in the year 1916.   

Oct 24   On this day in history moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont   

Oct 26   In the year 1916 francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France (1981-95)   

Oct 26   On this day in history margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)   

Oct 27   In the year 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)   

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

Oct 27   HMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship on this day in history.   

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

Oct 28   On this day in history first conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated   

Oct 28   In the year 1916 jessie Kesson, author   

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Jan 01   In the year 1916 birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1916 death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 29   Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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