Page 16: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 30   Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1916.   

Oct 31   Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden in the year 1916.   

Oct 31   Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in NYC in the year 1916.   

Nov 01   Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France in the year 1916.   

Nov 03   Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar in the year 1916.   

Nov 03   Treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar in the year 1916.   

Nov 04   In the year 1916 the birth of Walter Cronkite, Legendary US TV reporter   

Nov 04   In the year 1916 walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)   

Nov 05   On this day in history emperor Wilhelm II & French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland   

Nov 05   On this day in history len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II)   

Nov 06   Ray Conniff, Attleboro Mass, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers) in the year 1916.   

Nov 07   Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising in the year 1916.   

Nov 07   Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) in the year 1916.   

Nov 07   Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)   

Nov 08   In the year 1916 hMS Zulu, a Tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Disabled by a mine in the Dover Straits which destroyed the after part of the ship. The fore part of HMS Zulu and the aft part of HMS Nubian were salvaged and later joined together to form HMS Zubian. This ship went on to acquire battle honours, to be sold later in 1919.   

Nov 10   Billy May, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman in the year 1916.   

Nov 12   Jean Papineau-Couture, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1916 battle of the Somme ends, with a cost of 60,000 Allied lives   

Nov 13   On this day in history british offensive at Ancre Belgium   

Nov 13   Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)   

Nov 14   In the year 1916 sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)   

Nov 15   Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados in the year 1916.   

Nov 16   In the year 1916 daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound)   

Nov 16   Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC in the year 1916.   

Nov 17   Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi) on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe on this day in history.   

Nov 18   On this day in history james L Lyons, jazz promoter   

Nov 19   Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers) in the year 1916.   

Nov 20   In the year 1916 ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter   

Nov 21   In the year 1916 cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)   

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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   In the year 1916 birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) was born in the year 1916.   

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 in the year 1916.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of philip Bezanson, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)   

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   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