Historical Events In 1918

Aug 31   Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) in the year 1918.  

Aug 31   Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Baseball season ends due to WW I on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Prv. Claude J. P. Nunney (38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Drocourt-Quèant, France on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 02   Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) in the year 1918.  

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   In the year 1918 lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France  

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

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

Sep 02   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier  

Sep 04   Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1918 uS troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months  

Sep 05   In the year 1918 due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early  

Sep 07   On this day in history chaim Herzog, Israeli president  

Sep 08   On this day in history derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)  

Sep 09   On this day in history dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1918 during WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel  

Sep 12   In the year 1918 sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France  

Sep 13   On this day in history ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como)  

Sep 13   Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42 on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show) in the year 1918.  

Sep 15   In the year 1918 cH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state  

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Jan 01   Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1918.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1918 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73  

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