Page 15: Historical Events In 1918

Sep 16   On this day in history baroness Pike, MP   

Sep 18   Australians attack on the Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1918 battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts   

Sep 18   In the year 1918 ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33   

Sep 18   On this day in history john Berger, politician   

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

Sep 20   In the year 1918 peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure)   

Sep 20   In the year 1918 royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague   

Sep 21   Rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin) in the year 1918.   

Sep 22   Archibald James Potter, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers)   

Sep 25   In the year 1918 john Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80   

Sep 25   Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) in the year 1918.   

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

Sep 26   In the year 1918 humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter)   

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

Sep 27   On this day in history jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)   

Sep 27   Lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France in the year 1918.   

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   Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France   

Sep 29   On this day in history capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Sep 29   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol) in the year 1918.   

Sep 30   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1918 sgt. William Merrifield (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Abancourt, France   

Oct 01   On this day in history world War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.   

Oct 03   Boris becomes king of Bulgaria 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55