Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 05   In the year 1918 roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

Oct 06   In the year 1918 uS ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die   

Oct 07   On this day in history c Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70   

Oct 07   Guido Aristarco, film critic on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France in the year 1918.   

Oct 08   On this day in history ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

Oct 08   On this day in history sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans   

Oct 09   On this day in history e Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in   

Oct 09   On this day in history michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60   

Oct 10   Baden's Geisz forms govt in the year 1918.   

Oct 10   In the year 1918 bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

Oct 11   Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story) on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Lt. Wallace L. Algie (20th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

Oct 12   1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   On this day in history emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 first use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

Oct 13   Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)   

Oct 14   Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history british Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6   

Oct 16   On this day in history bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )   

Oct 16   Felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1918.   

Oct 17   De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire   

Oct 19   Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 in the year 1918.   

Oct 19   Louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife) in the year 1918.   

Oct 20   Anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions 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   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72   

Jan 08   In the year 1918 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

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   On this day in history gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55