Historical Events In 1918

Sep 18   Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1918 ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33  

Sep 18   John Berger, politician on this day in history.  

Sep 19   Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1918.  

Sep 20   Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure) on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague in the year 1918.  

Sep 21   Rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin) in the year 1918.  

Sep 22   On this day in history archibald James Potter, composer  

Sep 24   Audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers) on this day in history.  

Sep 25   In the year 1918 john Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80  

Sep 25   On this day in history phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)  

Sep 26   Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I in the year 1918.  

Sep 26   Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter) in the year 1918.  

Sep 26   On this day in history meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I  

Sep 27   In the year 1918 jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)  

Sep 27   Lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Lt. Graham T. Lyall (102 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Lt. Samuel L. Honey (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France in the year 1918.  

Sep 28   In the year 1918 lt. Milton Fowler Gregg (Royal Canadian Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France  

Sep 29   On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line  

Sep 29   On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line  

Sep 29   Australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Captain GH Wilkins, official AIF photographer, rallies United States troops at the battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs For this action he is awarded a bar to his Military Cross, becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field in the year 1918.  

Sep 29   Don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Lance Corporal E A Corey, a stretcher bearer with the 55th Battalion, wins a third bar to his Military Medal, first won on 15may1917 The winning of four Military Medals is a unique feat in the Australian Army or any other Commonwealth service on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Prv. James Crichton, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Crevecoeur, France in the year 1918.  

Oct 01   Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Sgt. William Merrifield (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Abancourt, France on this day in history.  

Oct 01   World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus in the year 1918.  

Oct 03   Boris becomes king of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC in the year 1918.  

Oct 05   Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies in the year 1918.  

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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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1918.  

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

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 in the year 1918.  

Feb 02   In the year 1918 john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59  

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