Page 15: Historical Events In 1918

Sep 16   Baroness Pike, MP in the year 1918.   

Sep 18   In the year 1918 australians attack on the Hindenburg Line   

Sep 18   Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts in the year 1918.   

Sep 18   Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1918.   

Sep 18   John Berger, politician on this day in history.   

Sep 19   Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1918.   

Sep 20   Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure) on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague on this day in history.   

Sep 21   Rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin) on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history archibald James Potter, composer   

Sep 24   In the year 1918 audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers)   

Sep 25   John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80 in the year 1918.   

Sep 25   In the year 1918 phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)   

Sep 26   Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I in the year 1918.   

Sep 26   Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter) on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet) in the year 1918.   

Sep 27   On this day in history lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France   

Sep 27   Lt. Graham T. Lyall (102 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Lt. Samuel L. Honey (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history lt. Milton Fowler Gregg (Royal Canadian Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Sep 29   On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line   

Sep 29   On this day in history australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France   

Sep 29   Capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 29   On this day in history captain GH Wilkins, official AIF photographer, rallies United States troops at the battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs For this action he is awarded a bar to his Military Cross, becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field   

Sep 29   On this day in history don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)   

Sep 30   In the year 1918 lance Corporal E A Corey, a stretcher bearer with the 55th Battalion, wins a third bar to his Military Medal, first won on 15may1917 The winning of four Military Medals is a unique feat in the Australian Army or any other Commonwealth service   

Sep 30   Prv. James Crichton, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Crevecoeur, France in the year 1918.   

Oct 01   On this day in history antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer   

Oct 01   On this day in history australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria   

Oct 01   Sgt. William Merrifield (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Abancourt, France in the year 1918.   

Oct 01   In the year 1918 world War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.   

Oct 03   On this day in history boris becomes king of Bulgaria   

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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   On this day in history 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   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1918 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.