Page 14: Historical Events In 1918

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) in the year 1918.   

Aug 31   On this day in history joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36   

Sep 01   Baseball season ends due to WW I in the year 1918.   

Sep 01   In the year 1918 prv. Claude J. P. Nunney (38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France   

Sep 01   On this day in history sgt. John Gilroy Grant, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bancourt France   

Sep 01   In the year 1918 sS City of Glasgow, a Ellerman Lines ship of 6457 grt and built in 1906, she was torpedoed by German submarine UB118 21 miles east of Tuskar Rock in St George's Channel whilst en-route from Manchester to Montreal in ballast. 12 of the crew were lost.   

Sep 01   US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   On this day in history australians attack and seize Mont St Quentin, France   

Sep 02   Capt. Bellenden S. Hutcheson (cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France in the year 1918.   

Sep 02   On this day in history lance-Cpl. William H. Metcalf (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

Sep 02   Prv. John Francis Young (87th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France   

Sep 02   In the year 1918 sgt. Arthur G. Knight (10th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-lez-Cagnicourt, France   

Sep 03   On this day in history 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)   

Sep 03   On this day in history 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917   

Sep 03   In the year 1918 helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)   

Sep 04   Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx) in the year 1918.   

Sep 04   Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier in the year 1918.   

Sep 04   Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months in the year 1918.   

Sep 05   Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Chaim Herzog, Israeli president on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) in the year 1918.   

Sep 09   In the year 1918 dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms   

Sep 10   Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series in the year 1918.   

Sep 12   During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel in the year 1918.   

Sep 12   Sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France in the year 1918.   

Sep 13   In the year 1918 ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como)   

Sep 13   Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42 in the year 1918.   

Sep 14   Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show) in the year 1918.   

Sep 15   CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

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

Jan 03   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 05   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)   

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

Jan 06   Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1918.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history death of george Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)   

Jan 28   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.