Page 17: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 21   In the year 1918 margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min   

Oct 21   In the year 1918 the Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway.   

Oct 23   Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17) on this day in history.   

Oct 23   James Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center) in the year 1918.   

Oct 24   In the year 1918 alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86   

Oct 25   Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the Alaskan coast on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe   

Oct 27   Major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France in the year 1918.   

Oct 27   Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show) on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up in the year 1918.   

Oct 28   Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer in the year 1918.   

Oct 30   On this day in history robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)   

Oct 30   On this day in history slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state   

Oct 31   Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week in the year 1918.   

Nov 01   In the year 1918 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn   

Nov 01   97 die in NYC subway's worst accident on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium in the year 1918.   

Nov 03   Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves in the year 1918.   

Nov 03   On this day in history austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves   

Nov 03   Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters) in the year 1918.   

Nov 03   In the year 1918 poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I   

Nov 04   On this day in history art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)   

Nov 04   On this day in history kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors   

Nov 04   In the year 1918 wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25   

Nov 06   Republic of Poland proclaimed in the year 1918.   

Nov 06   On this day in history ronnie Brody, England, actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz)   

Nov 07   In the year 1918 billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)   

Nov 07   Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets on this day in history.   

Nov 07   In the year 1918 the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist   

Nov 07   United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history hermann Zapf, German designer   

Nov 08   On this day in history pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs   

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Jan 01   Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 05   In the year 1918 birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

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 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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 08   In the year 1918 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   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