Historical Events In 1918

Sep 01   On this day in history baseball season ends due to WW I  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1918 lance-Cpl. William H. Metcalf (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France  

Sep 02   In the year 1918 lt.-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck (16th Cdn. Infantry Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France  

Sep 02   In the year 1918 prv. John Francis Young (87th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France  

Sep 02   Prv. Walter Leigh Rayfield (7th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Arras, France in the year 1918.  

Sep 02   Sgt. Arthur G. Knight (10th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-lez-Cagnicourt, France in the year 1918.  

Sep 03   On this day in history 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)  

Sep 03   In the year 1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917  

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

Sep 04   In the year 1918 gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)  

Sep 04   In the year 1918 jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier  

Sep 04   On this day in history max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)  

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

Sep 05   Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early in the year 1918.  

Sep 07   Chaim Herzog, Israeli president in the year 1918.  

Sep 08   In the year 1918 derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)  

Sep 09   Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms in the year 1918.  

Sep 10   In the year 1918 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  

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

Sep 12   During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 13   In the year 1918 train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42  

Sep 14   On this day in history jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show)  

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

Sep 16   Baroness Pike, MP in the year 1918.  

Sep 18   In the year 1918 australians attack on the Hindenburg Line  

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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   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 in the year 1918.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died on this day in history.  

Jan 24   George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) died in the year 1918.  

Jan 28   In the year 1918 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies  

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

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