Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC in the year 1918.   

Oct 05   Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Oct 09   E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 10   On this day in history bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

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

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

Oct 11   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

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

Oct 12   On this day in history cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 13   Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist) in the year 1918.   

Oct 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29   

Oct 17   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire   

Oct 19   On this day in history joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34   

Oct 19   Louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife) in the year 1918.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1918 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died on this day in history.   

Jan 24   George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) died on this day in history.   

Jan 28   On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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.