October 1916 in History

Events in History

Oct 5 Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by an exploding shell during the Battle of the Somme

Oct 7 The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters
Oct 14 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.
Oct 14 The Perm State University was founded in Russia.

Oct 16 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic in the US at 46 Amboy St, Brooklyn

Oct 16 T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Fasal Hoessein

Oct 19 France extends formal recognition of the Provisional Government in Crete proclaimed Eleftherios Venizelos

Oct 24 Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont
Oct 26 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
Oct 27 Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
Oct 28 Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected
Oct 31 Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle" premieres in NYC

Oct 1 Tibor Reich, textile designer
Oct 3 María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish marine biologist and oceanographer, born in El Ferrol, Spain (d. 2005)

Oct 3 James Herriot [Alfred Wight], English veterinarian and novelist (All Creatures Great and Small), born in Sunderland, County Durham (d. 1995)

Oct 4 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer
Oct 5 Douglas Ranger, British surgeon, born in Furness, Lancashire (d. 1997)
Oct 7 Walt W Rostow, American economist (Politics & Stages of Growth), born in NYC, New York
Oct 8 Spark Matsunaga, United States Senator from Hawaii (1977-90), born in Kukuiula, Hawaii (d. 1990)
Oct 14 C. Everett Koop, 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
Oct 16 George Turner, Australian author (d. 1997)
Oct 18 Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
Oct 19 Toby Rowland, theatrical manager
Oct 22 Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)

Oct 26 Francois Mitterrand, 21st President of France (1981-1995), born in Jarnac, France (d. 1996)

Oct 27 Kazimierz Brandys, Polish essayist and writer, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2000)
Oct 28 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
Oct 31 Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2012)

Oct 17 Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (33) weds Irma Seeman

Oct 2 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
Oct 16 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
Oct 21 Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated
Oct 26 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader, dies at 83
Oct 28 Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau), dies at 77
Oct 28 Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
Oct 31 Charles Taze Russell, American founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1852)