Page 13: Historical Events In 1918

Aug 17   British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan.   

Aug 17   Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings)   

Aug 17   Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5000   

Aug 18   Elsa Morante, writer.   

Aug 19   Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC.   

Aug 19   James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist   

Aug 20   Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I   

Aug 23   Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje)   

Aug 24   Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2).   

Aug 24   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.   

Aug 25   Leonard Bernstein, Composer and conductor is born   

Aug 25   Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story).   

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

Aug 26   Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra).   

Aug 26   W Smith and F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in NYC.   

Aug 27   Christy Mathewson steps down 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.   

Aug 27   In this year, Lt-Colonel William H. CLark-Kennedy (24th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Fresnes-Rouvroy, France.   

Aug 27   Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)   

Aug 28   Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician.   

Aug 28   Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly   

Aug 29   Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive.   

Aug 29   Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank   

Aug 29   Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51.   

Aug 30   Czechoslovakia forms independence republic.   

Aug 30   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   Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady).   

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)   

Aug 31   Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36   

Sep 01   Baseball season ends due to WW I.   

Sep 01   Sgt. John Gilroy Grant, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bancourt France.   

Sep 01   SS City of Glasgow, a Ellerman Lines ship of 6457 grt and built in 1906, she was torpedoed by German submarine UB118 21 miles east of Tuskar Rock in St George's Channel whilst en-route from Manchester to Montreal in ballast. 12 of the crew were lost.   

Sep 01   US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920   

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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,