Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC in the year 1918.   

Oct 05   In the year 1918 roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

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 in the year 1918.   

Oct 07   Guido Aristarco, film critic in the year 1918.   

Oct 08   Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1918 ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

Oct 08   In the year 1918 sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans   

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   In the year 1918 baden's Geisz forms govt   

Oct 10   On this day in history 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   Lt. Wallace L. Algie (20th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

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

Oct 12   Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   On this day in history emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) in the year 1918.   

Oct 13   In the year 1918 gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   On this day in history jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)   

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

Oct 15   British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1918 bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )   

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

Oct 17   On this day in history de Kooy airport in Netherlands opens   

Oct 17   In the year 1918 gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

Oct 17   On this day in history yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

Oct 18   On this day in history bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco)   

Oct 18   Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire in the year 1918.   

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   On this day in history anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna)   

Oct 20   In the year 1918 germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions   

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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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

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   In the year 1918 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

Feb 02   On this day in history john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59   

Feb 06   In the year 1918 gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55