Page 15: Historical Events In 1918

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

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

Sep 18   Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts in the year 1918.   

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

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

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

Sep 25   In the year 1918 phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)   

Sep 26   On this day in history battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I   

Sep 26   In the year 1918 humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter)   

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line   

Sep 29   In the year 1918 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) in the year 1918.   

Sep 30   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1918.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1918 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   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 07   In the year 1918 birth of alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)   

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   In the year 1918 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

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   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   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.