Historical Events In 1918
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Oct 21 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min in the year 1918.
Oct 21 The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway in the year 1918.
Oct 23 On this day in history actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)
Oct 23 In the year 1918 james Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center)
Oct 24 In the year 1918 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 On this day in history soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe
Oct 27 On this day in history major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France
Oct 27 In the year 1918 paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show)
Oct 28 On this day in history czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
Oct 28 In the year 1918 harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer
Oct 30 In the year 1918 robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)
Oct 30 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state on this day in history.
Oct 31 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 on this day in history.
Oct 31 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week on this day in history.
Nov 01 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn on this day in history.
Nov 01 On this day in history 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident
Nov 01 Sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium in the year 1918.
Nov 03 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves in the year 1918.
Nov 03 On this day in history austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves
Nov 03 In the year 1918 bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters)
Nov 03 On this day in history poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
Nov 04 Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners) on this day in history.
Nov 04 Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors on this day in history.
Nov 04 In the year 1918 wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25
Nov 06 In the year 1918 republic of Poland proclaimed
Nov 06 In the year 1918 ronnie Brody, England, actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz)
Nov 07 In the year 1918 billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)
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 in the year 1918.
Nov 08 Hermann Zapf, German designer on this day in history.
Nov 08 Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs in the year 1918.
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