Page 16: Historical Events In 1916

Oct 30   On this day in history silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70   

Oct 31   Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government in the year 1916.   

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

Nov 03   On this day in history treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar   

Nov 03   In the year 1916 treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar   

Nov 04   On this day in history the birth of Walter Cronkite, Legendary US TV reporter   

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

Nov 05   Emperor Wilhelm II & French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland on this day in history.   

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

Nov 06   In the year 1916 ray Conniff, Attleboro Mass, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers)   

Nov 07   On this day in history grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising   

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

Nov 07   In the year 1916 woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President   

Nov 08   Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history billy May, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

Nov 11   On this day in history eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman   

Nov 12   In the year 1916 jean Papineau-Couture, composer   

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 in the year 1916.   

Nov 13   Jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo) in the year 1916.   

Nov 14   Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is) on this day in history.   

Nov 15   On this day in history dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados   

Nov 16   Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) on this day in history.   

Nov 16   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC   

Nov 17   Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi) in the year 1916.   

Nov 18   On this day in history gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe   

Nov 18   James L Lyons, jazz promoter on this day in history.   

Nov 19   Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers) on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

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   In the year 1916 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   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died in the year 1916.   

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

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