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   Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1918.   

Sep 18   On this day in history john Berger, politician   

Sep 19   On this day in history 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   Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Sep 25   On this day in history 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   Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet) in the year 1918.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 29   Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line in the year 1918.   

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

Sep 29   In the year 1918 australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

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   In the year 1918 don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)   

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   In the year 1918 australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria   

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

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

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

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Jan 01   Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06) was born in the year 1918.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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

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

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

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   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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