Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

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   In the year 1918 guido Aristarco, film critic   

Oct 08   In the year 1918 capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

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

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

Oct 09   E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in in the year 1918.   

Oct 09   In the year 1918 michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60   

Oct 10   Baden's Geisz forms govt in the year 1918.   

Oct 10   In the year 1918 bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

Oct 11   Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story) in the year 1918.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   In the year 1918 jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)   

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   On this day in history bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )   

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

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   Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire on this day in history.   

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   Anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna) on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)   

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   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 birth of alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

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   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies in the year 1918.   

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

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.