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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history uS troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920   

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

Sep 02   On this day in history australians attack and seize Mont St Quentin, France   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)   

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

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

Sep 04   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 chaim Herzog, Israeli president   

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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42 on this day in history.   

Sep 14   In the year 1918 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   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 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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1918 death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

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

Jan 28   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 02   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1918 gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55