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   Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history baseball season ends due to WW I   

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

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

Sep 01   In the year 1918 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.   

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

Sep 02   Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 australians attack and seize Mont St Quentin, France   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1918 lance-Cpl. William H. Metcalf (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

Sep 02   On this day in history lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

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

Sep 02   Prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   Sgt. Arthur G. Knight (10th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-lez-Cagnicourt, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 03   On this day in history 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)   

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

Sep 03   On this day in history helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)   

Sep 04   In the year 1918 gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)   

Sep 04   Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier in the year 1918.   

Sep 04   Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   In the year 1918 uS troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months   

Sep 05   On this day in history due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early   

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

Sep 08   In the year 1918 derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)   

Sep 09   Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms in the year 1918.   

Sep 10   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 in the year 1918.   

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

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

Sep 12   Sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history cH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state   

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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   Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born in the year 1918.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72   

Jan 08   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1918.   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 in the year 1918.