Historical Events In 1918

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

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

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

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

Sep 20   In the year 1918 peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure)  

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   Archibald James Potter, composer in the year 1918.  

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

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   Lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France in the year 1918.  

Sep 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1918.  

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

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

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

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

Oct 01   In the year 1918 antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer  

Oct 01   Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria in the year 1918.  

Oct 01   In the year 1918 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 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 in the year 1918.  

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   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) was born in the year 1918.  

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)  

Jan 06   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born in the year 1918.  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72  

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59  

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.