Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

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

Oct 05   Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 06   US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die in the year 1918.   

Oct 07   C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70 in the year 1918.   

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

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

Oct 08   In the year 1918 ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

Oct 08   Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1918 e Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in   

Oct 09   Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60 in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 10   Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven) in the year 1918.   

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

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

Oct 11   In the year 1918 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) in the year 1918.   

Oct 13   On this day in history gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1918 doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)   

Oct 15   British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   Felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history de Kooy airport in Netherlands opens   

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

Oct 17   On this day in history yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

Oct 18   In the year 1918 bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco)   

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

Oct 19   On this day in history joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34   

Oct 19   Louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1918 birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

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

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

Jan 02   Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

Jan 24   George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) died in the year 1918.   

Jan 28   John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies in the year 1918.   

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.