Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 04   On this day in history musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC   

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

Oct 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) in the year 1918.   

Oct 08   Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans in the year 1918.   

Oct 09   E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in on this day in history.   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1918 baden's Geisz forms govt   

Oct 10   On this day in history bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

Oct 11   In the year 1918 jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story)   

Oct 11   In the year 1918 lt. Wallace L. Algie (20th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

Oct 11   Major Tsumani shakes Caribbean in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

Oct 12   Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Emil Cossetto, composer on this day in history.   

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

Oct 13   In the year 1918 gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies   

Oct 13   Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist) in the year 1918.   

Oct 14   Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's) in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 16   Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ) in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1918 yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

Oct 18   On this day in history bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco)   

Oct 18   Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1918.   

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   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943) was born in the year 1918.   

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   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1918 birth of caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)   

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   Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72 in the year 1918.   

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

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

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   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.