Page 3: Historical Events In 1916

Feb 13   On this day in history james Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)   

Feb 14   On this day in history edward Platt, Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart)   

Feb 14   In the year 1916 petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36   

Feb 15   Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Feb 15   NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79 in the year 1916.   

Feb 16   In the year 1916 russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia   

Feb 16   On this day in history william Ballard Doggett, jazz musician   

Feb 17   In the year 1916 don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)   

Feb 17   On this day in history romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in NYC   

Feb 18   Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)   

Feb 19   In the year 1916 ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78   

Feb 20   In the year 1916 jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)   

Feb 20   Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   The Battle of Verdun (France) begins during WWI in the year 1916.   

Feb 23   Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin in the year 1916.   

Feb 23   In the year 1916 french artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun   

Feb 23   In the year 1916 george Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)   

Feb 23   On this day in history george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 24   In the year 1916 gene Mitchell, museum director   

Feb 25   German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun in the year 1916.   

Feb 25   On this day in history ian Wallace, British CEO   

Feb 26   Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 in the year 1916.   

Feb 26   On this day in history mordecai Seter, composer   

Feb 26   In the year 1916 mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract   

Feb 26   Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia in the year 1916.   

Feb 28   Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   SS Normanby.built in 1889 for the Ropner Company, the ship was mined and sunk off the Shipwash Lightship on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1916 edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62   

Mar 01   Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic in the year 1916.   

Mar 02   Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician (PvdA) in the year 1916.   

Mar 02   On this day in history elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72   

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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 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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1916.   

Jan 15   In the year 1916 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   In the year 1916 iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

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