Historical Events In 1918
Saturday, 04 May 2024
Oct 21 On this day in history margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min
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 On this day in history james Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center)
Oct 24 On this day in history alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86
Oct 25 On this day in history canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
Oct 25 Nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the Alaskan coast on this day in history.
Oct 26 In the year 1918 soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe
Oct 27 Major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France in the year 1918.
Oct 27 Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show) on this day in history.
Oct 28 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up on this day in history.
Oct 28 On this day in history harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer
Oct 30 Robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times) in the year 1918.
Oct 30 On this day in history slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
Oct 31 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 in the year 1918.
Oct 31 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week on this day in history.
Nov 01 In the year 1918 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn
Nov 01 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident in the year 1918.
Nov 01 Sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium on this day in history.
Nov 03 On this day in history austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
Nov 03 Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves in the year 1918.
Nov 03 Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters) in the year 1918.
Nov 03 In the year 1918 poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
Nov 04 On this day in history art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)
Nov 04 Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors on this day in history.
Nov 04 Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25 on this day in history.
Nov 06 Republic of Poland proclaimed on this day in history.
Nov 06 On this day in history ronnie Brody, England, actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz)
Nov 07 Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades) on this day in history.
Nov 07 Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets in the year 1918.
Nov 07 On this day in history the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist
Nov 07 On this day in history united Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
Nov 08 Hermann Zapf, German designer in the year 1918.
Nov 08 Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs on this day in history.
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