Page 18: Historical Events In 1916

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.   

Dec 15   French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen in the year 1916.   

Dec 16   Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered in the year 1916.   

Dec 16   On this day in history theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer   

Dec 17   On this day in history antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

Dec 17   On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

Dec 18   Betty Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee) in the year 1916.   

Dec 18   On this day in history the Battle of Verdun (France), one of the bloodiest WWI engagements, ends after 10 months and massive losses to both sides.   

Dec 18   On this day in history the birth of Betty Grable, American actress   

Dec 19   In the year 1916 adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea)   

Dec 19   In the year 1916 suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo   

Dec 20   Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Dec 20   Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Eve Perrick, journalist in the year 1916.   

Dec 23   Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter in the year 1916.   

Dec 23   On this day in history world War I: Battle of Magdhaba   

Dec 26   Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1916.   

Dec 26   On this day in history helmut Eder, composer   

Dec 26   In the year 1916 joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France   

Dec 27   Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Dec 28   On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81   

Dec 28   On this day in history noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash)   

Dec 29   In the year 1916 grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45   

Dec 30   In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on this day in history.   

Dec 31   In the year 1916 ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 31   In the year 1916 suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws)   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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.