What Happened on January 7, 1916

Historical Events

Event of Interest

In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare

Famous Birthdays

Bobo Jenkins [John Pickens Jenkins], American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), born in Forkland, Alabama (d. 1984)
Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu (d. 1989)
Gerrit Schulte, Dutch road and track cyclist (World Champion Track Pursuit 1948), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Paul Keres, Estonian and Soviet chess grandmaster (1950), born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1975)

Born in 1916

1916 Highlights