Page 16: Historical Events In 1918

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

Oct 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 guido Aristarco, film critic   

Oct 08   Capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France on this day in history.   

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

Oct 08   In the year 1918 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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 11   On this day in history major Tsumani shakes Caribbean   

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 in the year 1918.   

Oct 12   In the year 1918 emil Cossetto, composer   

Oct 12   On this day in history first use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)   

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) in the year 1918.   

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

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

Oct 16   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

Oct 17   In the year 1918 yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

Oct 18   Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) in the year 1918.   

Oct 18   Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire in the year 1918.   

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

Oct 19   In the year 1918 louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife)   

Oct 20   On this day in history anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna)   

Oct 20   On this day in history germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions   

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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 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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

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

Jan 08   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1918 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.