Historical Events In 1918

Aug 15   In the year 1918 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)  

Aug 15   First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1918 florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)  

Aug 15   On this day in history peter Gast, composer, dies at 64  

Aug 15   On this day in history uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties  

Aug 16   On this day in history uS troops overthrows Archangelsk  

Aug 17   In the year 1918 british troops attack Baku Azerbaijan  

Aug 17   In the year 1918 mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings)  

Aug 17   On this day in history samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000  

Aug 18   Elsa Morante, writer on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Aug 19   In the year 1918 james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist  

Aug 20   Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)  

Aug 24   In the year 1918 ray McIntire, chemical engineer  

Aug 24   Sgt. Samuel Forsyth, NZ Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Grevillers, France on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1918 leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story)  

Aug 25   On this day in history the birth of Leonard Bernstein, Composer and conductor  

Aug 26   Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra) on this day in history.  

Aug 26   In the year 1918 lt. Charles S. Rutherford (5th Cdn. Infranty Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Monchy-le-Preux, France  

Aug 26   In the year 1918 w Smith & F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in NYC  

Aug 27   On this day in history christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army  

Aug 27   Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia in the year 1918.  

Aug 27   Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour) on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Lt-Colonel William H. CLark-Kennedy (24th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Fresnes-Rouvroy, France on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician  

Aug 28   Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly in the year 1918.  

Aug 29   On this day in history bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive  

Aug 29   In the year 1918 jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank  

Aug 29   In the year 1918 max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51  

Aug 30   On this day in history czechoslovakia forms independence republic  

Aug 30   On this day in history ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)  

Aug 31   On this day in history alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady)  

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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 on this day in history.  

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   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)  

Jan 07   In the year 1918 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 in the year 1918.  

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   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 02   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 in the year 1918.  

Feb 06   On this day in history gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55