Historical Events In 1918

Nov 09   Guillaume Apollinaire, [Kostrowitsky], Fr poet (Alcools), dies at 38 on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I in the year 1918.  

Nov 10   On this day in history ernst Fischer, German chemist (Nobel 1973)  

Nov 10   German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland in the year 1918.  

Nov 10   On this day in history independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski  

Nov 11   On this day in history armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)  

Nov 11   Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution in the year 1918.  

Nov 11   Germany and the Allies sign the armistice, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne forest in the year 1918.  

Nov 11   Jurg Baur, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic on this day in history.  

Nov 12   On this day in history jo Stafford, Coalinga Calif, singer (I'll Never Smile Again)  

Nov 13   Janine Andrade, French violinist on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Fries author, dies at 28 on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck & Pyrmont abdicates throne in the year 1918.  

Nov 14   On this day in history republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President  

Nov 15   Georges Antoine, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

Nov 15   Victory' day celebrated in Britain to mark the ending of the First World War on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history hungarian People's Republic declared  

Nov 17   Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Brussels free Stofnar on this day in history.  

Nov 18   On this day in history latvia declares independence from Russia  

Nov 18   Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies in the year 1918.  

Nov 19   In the year 1918 catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant  

Nov 20   In the year 1918 by order in Council P.C. 2854 the management of the Canadian Government Railways is entrusted to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Northern Railway Co. On the same day the Government takes over the Canadian Northern Railway and appoints a new Board of Directors.  

Nov 20   In the year 1918 dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)  

Nov 21   2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die on this day in history.  

Nov 22   On this day in history bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns  

Nov 22   On this day in history claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- )  

Nov 24   In the year 1918 béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party  

Nov 24   Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52) on this day in history.  

Nov 26   On this day in history charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies  

Nov 26   Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990-94) in the year 1918.  

Nov 26   On this day in history the Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1918.  

Jan 06   Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 in the year 1918.  

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   In the year 1918 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 in the year 1918.  

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

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.