Historical Events In 1918
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Oct 21 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min on this day in history.
Oct 21 In the year 1918 the Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway.
Oct 23 In the year 1918 actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)
Oct 23 On this day in history james Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center)
Oct 24 On this day in history alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86
Oct 25 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die on this day in history.
Oct 25 In the year 1918 nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the Alaskan coast.
Oct 26 In the year 1918 soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe
Oct 27 Major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France in the year 1918.
Oct 27 Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show) in the year 1918.
Oct 28 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up on this day in history.
Oct 28 Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer in the year 1918.
Oct 30 In the year 1918 robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)
Oct 30 On this day in history slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
Oct 31 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 in the year 1918.
Oct 31 In the year 1918 spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week
Nov 01 On this day in history 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn
Nov 01 In the year 1918 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident
Nov 01 In the year 1918 sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium
Nov 03 On this day in history austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
Nov 03 Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves in the year 1918.
Nov 03 On this day in history bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters)
Nov 03 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I in the year 1918.
Nov 04 On this day in history art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)
Nov 04 Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors in the year 1918.
Nov 04 Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25 in the year 1918.
Nov 06 Republic of Poland proclaimed in the year 1918.
Nov 06 Ronnie Brody, England, actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz) in the year 1918.
Nov 07 Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades) on this day in history.
Nov 07 Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets in the year 1918.
Nov 07 In the year 1918 the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist
Nov 07 United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed on this day in history.
Nov 08 On this day in history hermann Zapf, German designer
Nov 08 In the year 1918 pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs
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