Historical Events In 1918

Oct 21   Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min in the year 1918.  

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) on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Oct 25   On this day in history canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die  

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   On this day in history major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France  

Oct 27   Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show) in the year 1918.  

Oct 28   On this day in history czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up  

Oct 28   Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 30   Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 01   In the year 1918 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident  

Nov 01   Sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium on this day in history.  

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

Nov 03   In the year 1918 austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves  

Nov 03   Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters) on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 republic of Poland proclaimed  

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 in the year 1918.  

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

Nov 07   In the year 1918 united Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed  

Nov 08   Hermann Zapf, German designer in the year 1918.  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)  

Jan 06   Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born in the year 1918.  

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   On this day in history sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42  

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   In the year 1918 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   On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies  

Feb 02   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 in the year 1918.