Discover what happened on 6 January 1916 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Bohumil Leden
- Mieczysław Łoza (Polish actor)
- Oskar Böhm (German politician (1916-2001))
- Rolf Kutschera (Austrian actor and film director (1916-2012))
- Tōichi Katō (Japanese artist (1916-1996))
- Antonio Fusco (Italian association football player (1916-1993))
- David Bruce (American actor (1914–1976))
- Laurdes Cavallari
- Zinoviy Kopissky (Belarusian historian)
- Vito Miceli (military)
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- Adrian Beers (British double bass player (1916–2004))
- Artie Simek (letterer)
- Ashley Bramall (British politician (1916-1999))
- Bill Strauss (South African footballer (1916-1984))
- George W. Cooke (British chemist)
- Lars Ekegren (Swedish translator and writer)
- Hedi Stadlen (Austrian musicologist (1916–2004))
- Henry A. Courtney, Jr. (Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1916-1945))
- Herbert Choy (American judge)
- Tony Caluga (Chilean actor)
- Valentín Suárez (Argentinian politician)
- Kaspar Brandner (German soldier and Knight’s Cross recipient)
- Pak Mok-wol (Korean writer (1916–1978))
- Phil Masi (American baseball player (1916–1990))
- Philip Bezanson (American composer (1916–1975))
- Vincent Serventy (Australian author, ornithologist and conservationist (1916-2007))
- William Lederman (Canadian academic (1916-1992))
- Mario Cabré (Spanish bullfighter and actor)
- Stanisław Barzdo (Polish officer (1916-1942))
- Mohsen Sarhan (Egyptian actor)
- Claude Fenner (first Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia (1916–1978))
- K. V. Laurikainen (Finnish physicist (1916-1997))
- Peeter Tarvas (Estonian architect (1916-1987))
- Ján Frýdecký
- Rusty Peden (Canadian cyclist)
- Helen Kerly (English pilot of WWII)
- Clotilde Peploe (Italian artist)
- Johanna Kuzia
- John Schick (American basketball player (1916-1990))
- Eusèbe Henri Ménard (founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles)
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- Takvor Takvorian (author and lexicographer (1915-2005))
- Hans Haasmann (Dutch diver)
- Herman van Valen
- Deirdre Pamela Clare Morrison-Bell ((1916-1916))
- Margaret Annie Minchin ((born 1916))
- Edwin Noel Walter Molesworth ((1916-1995))
- Seferina Rodríguez (Argentine politician)
- Roberta Sigel (American political scientist)
- Evženie Heimová (Holocaust victim (born 1916))
- Josef Klement (holocaust victim, b. 1916-01-06)
- Ugo Giovannini
- Anna Renema (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
- Alois Glomb
- Jean Faucherre
- Joan Escudé i Farriol
- Jerzy Banaszkiewicz
- Pavel Leimdörfer
- Salvatore DiSclafani (technician fifth grade, United States Army; fallen operative in Ginny Mission II)
Deaths
- Rodolphe Engel (French physician and chemist (1850-1916))
- Hortensia Goethals
- Đào Thái Hanh (Vietnamese mandarin)
- Georges Gex
- Harold Bolingbroke Mudie (British Esperantist (1880-1916))
- Harold Bolingbroke Mudie (British Esperantist (1880-1916))
- Marcel Serret (French general)
- Archibald M. Howe (American lawyer and historian)
- Edith Woodman Burroughs (American sculptor (1871-1916))
- Carl af Trampe (politician)
- King Cole (American baseball player (1886-1916))
- Gerhard Christopher Krogh (Norwegian politician (1839-1916))
- Tasa Konević (Macedonian Serb chetnik)
- Martin Peter Sørensen (Danish officer, savings bank director and politician)
- Wilhelm Brinkmann (German mycologist (1861–1917))
- Colin Campbell (English Anglican priest 1863-1916)
- Frank G. Butterfield (Medal of Honor recipient)
- Joseph Maurice Pambet (French army general (1854-1916))
- Amarendranath Dutta (Bengali theatre personality)
- Karel Filipovský (Czech educator (1843-1916))
- Ernst Sieper (German Anglicist)
- Luigi Buonamici
- James Clarke White (American dermatologist (1833–1916))
- James Pearson Stockley ((1877-1916))
- Deirdre Pamela Clare Morrison-Bell ((1916-1916))
- José Civil y Moreno (Spanish author)
- Julius Steinberg (Austrian journalist, writer and musicologist)
- Franz Xaver Lehner (classical philologist, pedagogue and numismatist)
- Carlos Forero (Peruvian lawyer and politician)
- Edward Mitchell (English footballer)
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- Rodolphe Engel (French physician and chemist (1850-1916))
- Hortensia Goethals
- Đào Thái Hanh (Vietnamese mandarin)
- Georges Gex
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- Harold Bolingbroke Mudie (British Esperantist (1880-1916))
- Rodolphe Engel (French physician and chemist (1850-1916))
- Hortensia Goethals
- Đào Thái Hanh (Vietnamese mandarin)
- Georges Gex
- Harold Bolingbroke Mudie (British Esperantist (1880-1916))