Historical Events In 1918

Feb 08   On this day in history john Intoxication, resistance fighter   

Feb 09   Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA in the year 1918.   

Feb 09   On this day in history army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va   

Feb 09   Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1918 gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain   

Feb 13   On this day in history helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)   

Feb 14   H Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC in the year 1918.   

Feb 14   USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar in the year 1918.   

Feb 15   In the year 1918 1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 15   Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1918 first WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 16   Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Patty Andrews, American singer on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies   

Feb 20   In the year 1918 leonore Annenberg American Billionaire   

Feb 21   In the year 1918 australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine   

Feb 22   Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School) in the year 1918.   

Feb 23   First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. Since 1923 this date become the Day of Red Army in honour of this victory in the year 1918.   

Feb 24   Estonia declares independence from Russia on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948) in the year 1918.   

Feb 26   Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) in the year 1918.   

Feb 26   On this day in history stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604   

Feb 28   On this day in history alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire)   

Mar 01   Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1918.   

Mar 01   Spanish flu (pandemic) in Worldwide killing 17-100 million people in the year 1918.   

Mar 01   In the year 1918 typhus in Russia   

Mar 02   NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator   

Mar 03   Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA) on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1918 richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin   

Mar 03   On this day in history russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany & Austria   

Mar 04   Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) in the year 1918.   

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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   On this day in history birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

Jan 02   Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943) was born in the year 1918.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   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.