Page 10: Historical Events In 1918

Jun 22   32nd US Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63)   

Jun 22   Circus train rammed by troop train results in the deaths of 68 (Ivanhoe Illinois).   

Jun 22   Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22].   

Jun 23   Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0   

Jun 25   Baku-Turkish communist party forms   

Jun 27   Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936).   

Jun 28   1st flight between Hawaiian Islands   

Jun 28   Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads).   

Jun 28   The inaugural flight between Hawaiian Islands.   

Jun 29   Jack Harkness, rose grower.   

Jun 30   Stuart Foster, Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show)   

Jul 02   Imam Elissa, singer   

Jul 02   Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies   

Jul 02   Prime Minister William Morris Hughes, the "Little Digger", addresses Australian troops on the Western Front before the Battle of Hamel, France.   

Jul 03   Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour).   

Jul 03   SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament.   

Jul 04   Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist.   

Jul 04   Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa   

Jul 04   Battle of Hamel, France.   

Jul 05   George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet).   

Jul 06   Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet (Crossing).   

Jul 06   Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies.   

Jul 08   Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple   

Jul 08   Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn).   

Jul 09   101 killed and 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn.   

Jul 09   Herbert Brun, composer   

Jul 09   US Army's Distinguished Service Cross authorized.   

Jul 10   Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established   

Jul 10   Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms.   

Jul 11   M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio.   

Jul 12   Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed   

Jul 14   Arthur Laurents, NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy).   

Jul 14   Dutch govt reclaims South seas   

Jul 14   Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director is born   

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Jan 01   Willy den ouden: Dutch swimmer, (wr 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   Patrick anthony porteous: Scottish victoria cross recipient    

Jan 02   Willi graf: German anti-nazi activist    

Jan 03   Maxene andrews: Minn, singer (andrew sisters-boogie woogie bugle boy)   

Jan 05   Jean dixon: Psychic (gift of prophecy)   

Jan 06   Buddy weed: Ossining ny, pianist (penthouse party)   

Jan 06   Caspar mb "cas" baas: Dutch actor/playwright/director (ciske the rat)   

Jan 07   Alessadro natta: Italian political leader (communist party)   

Jan 02   Sijbe k bakker: Vicar/theologist (christian-socialism),    

Jan 06   Georg f l p cantor: German mathematician: collection,    

Jan 08   Michael hertz: Composer,   

Jan 09   Émile reynaud: French scientist (b. 1844)   

Jan 24   George arthur crump: Founder of the pine valley golf club in clementon nj (b. 1871)   

Jan 28   John mccrae: Canadian poet/physician,   

Feb 02   John l sullivan: Mass, heavyweight boxing champ,    

Feb 06   Gustav klimt: Austrian painter/cartoonist,