What happened on 6 January 1916?

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
  • Georges Gex
  • 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))