Page 17: Historical Events In 1918

Oct 21   Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history 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) in the year 1918.   

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   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 in the year 1918.   

Oct 26   Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe in the year 1918.   

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   In the year 1918 czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up   

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

Oct 30   In the year 1918 robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)   

Oct 30   In the year 1918 slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state   

Oct 31   On this day in history egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28   

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

Nov 01   On this day in history 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn   

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

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

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

Nov 03   In the year 1918 austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves   

Nov 03   On this day in history bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters)   

Nov 03   Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I in the year 1918.   

Nov 04   In the year 1918 art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)   

Nov 04   In the year 1918 kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors   

Nov 04   Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history republic of Poland proclaimed   

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

Nov 07   Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades) in the year 1918.   

Nov 07   On this day in history goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets   

Nov 07   The birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist in the year 1918.   

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

Nov 08   Hermann Zapf, German designer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)   

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 in the year 1918.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

Feb 02   In the year 1918 john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59   

Feb 06   In the year 1918 gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55