Historical Events In 1918

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36   

Sep 01   Baseball season ends due to WW I on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Prv. Claude J. P. Nunney (38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 01   Sgt. John Gilroy Grant, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bancourt France on this day in history.   

Sep 01   SS City of Glasgow, a Ellerman Lines ship of 6457 grt and built in 1906, she was torpedoed by German submarine UB118 21 miles east of Tuskar Rock in St George's Channel whilst en-route from Manchester to Montreal in ballast. 12 of the crew were lost in the year 1918.   

Sep 01   US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   On this day in history allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)   

Sep 02   Australians attack and seize Mont St Quentin, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 capt. Bellenden S. Hutcheson (cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France   

Sep 02   Lance-Cpl. William H. Metcalf (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

Sep 02   Prv. John Francis Young (87th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   Prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Sgt. Arthur G. Knight (10th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-lez-Cagnicourt, France on this day in history.   

Sep 03   In the year 1918 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)   

Sep 03   5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   In the year 1918 jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier   

Sep 04   In the year 1918 max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)   

Sep 04   US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Chaim Herzog, Israeli president in the year 1918.   

Sep 08   Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) in the year 1918.   

Sep 09   Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers   

Sep 11   In the year 1918 boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series   

Sep 12   On this day in history during WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel   

Sep 12   In the year 1918 sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France   

Sep 13   In the year 1918 ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como)   

Sep 13   On this day in history train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42   

Sep 14   On this day in history jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show)   

Sep 15   CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 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   In the year 1918 birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 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   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   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

Jan 24   In the year 1918 death of george Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)   

Jan 28   In the year 1918 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.