Page 15: Historical Events In 1918

Sep 16   On this day in history baroness Pike, MP   

Sep 18   Australians attack on the Hindenburg Line in the year 1918.   

Sep 18   In the year 1918 battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts   

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

Sep 18   John Berger, politician in the year 1918.   

Sep 19   In the year 1918 liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56   

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

Sep 20   In the year 1918 royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague   

Sep 21   In the year 1918 rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)   

Sep 22   Archibald James Potter, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 25   John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) in the year 1918.   

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) on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)   

Sep 27   In the year 1918 lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France   

Sep 27   In the year 1918 lt. Graham T. Lyall (102 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France   

Sep 27   On this day in history lt. Samuel L. Honey (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France   

Sep 28   On this day in history lt. Milton Fowler Gregg (Royal Canadian Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Sep 29   Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line   

Sep 29   On this day in history australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France   

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

Sep 29   On this day in history 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   

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   In the year 1918 prv. James Crichton, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Crevecoeur, France   

Oct 01   Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Oct 01   On this day in history world War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.   

Oct 03   On this day in history boris becomes king of Bulgaria   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

Jan 05   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born in the year 1918.   

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   Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

Jan 24   George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) died on this day in history.   

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

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