Page 14: Historical Events In 1918

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) in the year 1918.   

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

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   In the year 1918 uS troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920   

Sep 02   Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) in the year 1918.   

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

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

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   On this day in history prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

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

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

Sep 03   5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 in the year 1918.   

Sep 03   In the year 1918 helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)   

Sep 04   Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx) in the year 1918.   

Sep 04   Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)   

Sep 04   On this day in history uS troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months   

Sep 05   Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early in the year 1918.   

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

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

Sep 09   On this day in history dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms   

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   Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series in the year 1918.   

Sep 12   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 cH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   In the year 1918 birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)   

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   In the year 1918 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

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

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

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   In the year 1918 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