7th » Georgia Institute of Technology or Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game called lopsided college football game in American history.
16th » In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
27th » Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V of Ethiopia named Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia called Zauditu.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1916
3rd » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
4th » Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
4th » Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
4th » George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002)
5th » Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
6th » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)
11th » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
12th » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994)
14th » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
15th » Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
15th » George Turner (writer) e.g George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
16th » George Turner (writer) called George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
19th » Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)