Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

Oct 06   US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history c Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70   

Oct 07   On this day in history guido Aristarco, film critic   

Oct 08   Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France in the year 1918.   

Oct 08   Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on this day in history.   

Oct 09   E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in in the year 1918.   

Oct 09   Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Baden's Geisz forms govt in the year 1918.   

Oct 10   On this day in history bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

Oct 11   Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story) in the year 1918.   

Oct 11   In the year 1918 lt. Wallace L. Algie (20th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Oct 11   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

Oct 12   1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 first use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

Oct 13   In the year 1918 gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   In the year 1918 jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)   

Oct 14   In the year 1918 doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)   

Oct 15   British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 in the year 1918.   

Oct 16   Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ) on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1918 felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29   

Oct 17   On this day in history de Kooy airport in Netherlands opens   

Oct 17   Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies in the year 1918.   

Oct 17   Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1918 czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire   

Oct 19   In the year 1918 joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34   

Oct 19   On this day in history louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife)   

Oct 20   On this day in history anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna)   

Oct 20   Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)   

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72   

Jan 08   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of george Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)   

Jan 28   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies in the year 1918.   

Feb 02   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 in the year 1918.   

Feb 06   On this day in history gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55