Historical Events In 1918

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

Oct 05   Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies in the year 1918.   

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

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

Oct 07   In the year 1918 guido Aristarco, film critic   

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) in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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

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   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

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

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

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   Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 14   Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 17   De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 17   Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic on this day in history.   

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   Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 20   In the year 1918 anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna)   

Oct 20   Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions in the year 1918.   

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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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

Jan 05   In the year 1918 birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)   

Jan 06   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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.