November 1916 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1916 Paul Miliukov delivers the famous quotstupidity or treasonquot speech in the Russian State Duma, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
• 02 Nov 1916 Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France
• 03 Nov 1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar.
• 05 Nov 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
• 07 Nov 1916 Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns Czar of uprising
• 13 Nov 1916 British offensive at Ancre Belgium
• 16 Nov 1916 I Berlin / V Herbert / H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City
• 18 Nov 1916 Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
• 19 Nov 1916 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• 21 Nov 1916 World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
• 23 Nov 1916 WWI ampndash Eastern Front: Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is occupied by troops of the Central Powers.
• 26 Nov 1916 Greece declares war on Germany
• 28 Nov 1916 1st (German) air attack on London
• 29 Nov 1916 Erwin Rommel marries Lucie Lu Mollin
• 30 Nov 1916 Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Famous Birthday

• Octave Gélinier

  French economist, writer, and director and president of Cegos from 1950 to 1992.

• Walter Cronkite

  American broadcaster, one of the most respected and reliable newscaster of the era who preceded over CBS coverage of the Presidential...

• José Ortega Spottorno
• Geneviève Picon
• Lilian Baels

  English 2nd Wife of Belgian King Leopold III.

• Henri Noguères
• Alan Noonan

  American UFO enthusiast who claims to be The Messiah, the one who has made many trips to Venus and contacts flying saucers by mental...

• Ray Conniff

  Attleboro, Massachusetts -- Chorus director ( singers).

• Michael Gough

  Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011).

• Michael Gough

  Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011).

• Billy May

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show).

• Edward M Davis
• Robert Laffont

  French businessman, a publisher and editor who founded his company in 1941.

• Fran Ryan

  American actress (d. 2000).

• Richard Ney
• Sherwood Schwartz

  Passaic, New Jersey -- TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is).

• Raymond Dumay

  French writer, teacher, professor, journalist and editor.

• John Arthur Love
• Bill Melendez

  Mexican-American voice actor animator director and producer (d. 2008).

• Mareo Ishiketa

  Composer.

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Famous Deaths

• Frederik Septimus Kelly

  Composer, dies at 35.

• Franz Jozef I

  King of Austria / Hungary.

• Eduard Napravnik

  Composer, dies at 77.

• James Cutler Dunn Parker

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Marthinus T Steyn

  President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59.

• John Francis Barnett

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Emperor Franz

  Josef I of Austria (Born 1830).

• Henry George

  American social reformer.

• Jack London

  American writer of 46 adventure tales and hundreds of short stories.

• Saki

  British writer (Born 1870).

• Jack London

  American writer of 46 adventure tales and hundreds of short stories.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Prince's Orchestra - Joe Turner Blues
2. Marguerite Farrell - By the Sad Luana Shore
3. Orpheus Quartet - Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yester Day
4. Sterling Trio - On the South Sea Isle
5. Hipolito Lazaro - Aida: Celeste Aida (Radiant Aida)