Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   In the year 1918 musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC   

Oct 05   In the year 1918 roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

Oct 06   In the year 1918 uS ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die   

Oct 07   On this day in history c Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70   

Oct 07   Guido Aristarco, film critic in the year 1918.   

Oct 08   Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history e Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in   

Oct 09   Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Baden's Geisz forms govt on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven) on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story)   

Oct 11   In the year 1918 lt. Wallace L. Algie (20th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Oct 11   Major Tsumani shakes Caribbean in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   On this day in history first use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

Oct 13   In the year 1918 gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   On this day in history jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)   

Oct 14   In the year 1918 doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)   

Oct 15   In the year 1918 british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

Oct 16   In the year 1918 bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )   

Oct 16   Felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history de Kooy airport in Netherlands opens   

Oct 17   Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

Oct 18   On this day in history bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco)   

Oct 18   Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire in the year 1918.   

Oct 19   Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna)   

Oct 20   On this day in history germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions   

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1918 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.