Page 13: Historical Events In 1918

Aug 15   1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1918 florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)   

Aug 15   Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1918.   

Aug 15   In the year 1918 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

Aug 16   US troops overthrows Archangelsk in the year 1918.   

Aug 17   In the year 1918 british troops attack Baku Azerbaijan   

Aug 17   Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings) in the year 1918.   

Aug 17   On this day in history samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000   

Aug 18   On this day in history elsa Morante, writer   

Aug 19   On this day in history irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC   

Aug 19   James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1918 britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I   

Aug 23   Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history ray McIntire, chemical engineer   

Aug 24   Sgt. Samuel Forsyth, NZ Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Grevillers, France in the year 1918.   

Aug 25   Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story) in the year 1918.   

Aug 25   In the year 1918 the birth of Leonard Bernstein, Composer and conductor   

Aug 26   In the year 1918 louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)   

Aug 26   Lt. Charles S. Rutherford (5th Cdn. Infranty Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Monchy-le-Preux, France in the year 1918.   

Aug 26   In the year 1918 w Smith & F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in NYC   

Aug 27   Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army in the year 1918.   

Aug 27   Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)   

Aug 27   Lt-Colonel William H. CLark-Kennedy (24th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Fresnes-Rouvroy, France in the year 1918.   

Aug 28   On this day in history alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician   

Aug 28   Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly in the year 1918.   

Aug 29   Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1918 jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank   

Aug 29   Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1918 czechoslovakia forms independence republic   

Aug 30   In the year 1918 ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)   

Aug 31   Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) in the year 1918.   

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Jan 01   Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)   

Jan 07   In the year 1918 birth of alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)   

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

Jan 06   Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 in the year 1918.   

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

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

Jan 24   George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59   

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