Page 3: Historical Events In 1918

Feb 08   John Intoxication, resistance fighter on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA   

Feb 09   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain   

Feb 13   In the year 1918 helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)   

Feb 14   H Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history first WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 16   Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) in the year 1918.   

Feb 16   In the year 1918 patty Andrews, American singer   

Feb 17   Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies in the year 1918.   

Feb 20   In the year 1918 leonore Annenberg American Billionaire   

Feb 21   Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine in the year 1918.   

Feb 22   In the year 1918 germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia   

Feb 23   In the year 1918 dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 25   Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1918 alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire)   

Mar 01   Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history spanish flu (pandemic) in Worldwide killing 17-100 million people   

Mar 01   Typhus in Russia on this day in history.   

Mar 02   NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's in the year 1918.   

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   Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin in the year 1918.   

Mar 03   In the year 1918 russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany & Austria   

Mar 04   On this day in history eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 04   Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06) was born in the year 1918.   

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   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)   

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

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   In the year 1918 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

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   On this day in history 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