Page 15: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 05   Douglas Ranger, surgeon on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history soldier Adolf Hitler is injured   

Oct 06   In the year 1916 tommy Lawton, footballer   

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

Oct 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

Oct 09   In the year 1916 babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings   

Oct 10   In the year 1916 benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

Oct 10   In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1916 boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series   

Oct 13   David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus) in the year 1916.   

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   Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn   

Oct 17   On this day in history dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage   

Oct 17   In the year 1916 robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)   

Oct 18   Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

Oct 19   On this day in history david Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)   

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

Oct 21   Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated in the year 1916.   

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   Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont on this day in history.   

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

Oct 26   Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) in the year 1916.   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)   

Jan 03   Antonio Estevez, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born in the year 1916.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 06   In the year 1916 birth of philip Bezanson, composer   

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

Jan 16   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1916.   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1916 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65