Historical Events In 1918

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) on this day in history.  

Aug 31   Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 in the year 1918.  

Sep 01   Baseball season ends due to WW I in the year 1918.  

Sep 01   In the year 1918 prv. Claude J. P. Nunney (38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France  

Sep 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1918.  

Sep 01   US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   On this day in history allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)  

Sep 02   On this day in history australians attack and seize Mont St Quentin, France  

Sep 02   Capt. Bellenden S. Hutcheson (cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Lance-Cpl. William H. Metcalf (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Prv. John Francis Young (87th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France on this day in history.  

Sep 02   On this day in history sgt. Arthur G. Knight (10th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-lez-Cagnicourt, France  

Sep 03   In the year 1918 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)  

Sep 03   5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 on this day in history.  

Sep 03   In the year 1918 helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)  

Sep 04   Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx) in the year 1918.  

Sep 04   On this day in history jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier  

Sep 04   In the year 1918 max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)  

Sep 04   US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months on this day in history.  

Sep 05   On this day in history due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early  

Sep 07   Chaim Herzog, Israeli president on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) on this day in history.  

Sep 09   Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers in the year 1918.  

Sep 11   In the year 1918 boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series  

Sep 12   During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel in the year 1918.  

Sep 12   On this day in history sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France  

Sep 13   Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como) in the year 1918.  

Sep 13   Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42 in the year 1918.  

Sep 14   Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show) on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history cH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state  

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)  

Jan 01   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born in the year 1918.  

Jan 05   In the year 1918 birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)  

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)  

Jan 02   In the year 1918 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42  

Jan 06   On this day in history georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72  

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09   In the year 1918 death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)  

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   In the year 1918 john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59  

Feb 06   In the year 1918 gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55