Page 15: Historical Events In 1918

Sep 16   Baroness Pike, MP on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history australians attack on the Hindenburg Line   

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

Sep 18   Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1918 john Berger, politician   

Sep 19   Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure) in the year 1918.   

Sep 20   Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin)   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1918 audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers)   

Sep 25   On this day in history john Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80   

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   On this day in history humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter)   

Sep 26   In the year 1918 meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I   

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

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 in the year 1918.   

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   In the year 1918 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   Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)   

Sep 30   In the year 1918 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   

Sep 30   On this day in history prv. James Crichton, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Crevecoeur, France   

Oct 01   On this day in history antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer   

Oct 01   On this day in history australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria   

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   In the year 1918 boris becomes king of Bulgaria   

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1918 birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   In the year 1918 birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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