Historical Events In 1918
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Oct 21 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min in the year 1918.
Oct 21 The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway on this day in history.
Oct 23 On this day in history actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)
Oct 23 In the year 1918 james Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center)
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 On this day in history nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the Alaskan coast.
Oct 26 Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe in the year 1918.
Oct 27 Major William G. Barker Cdn. (Royal air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on this day in history.
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 On this day in history harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer
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 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 in the year 1918.
Oct 31 On this day in history spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week
Nov 01 102 die in a NYC BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn in the year 1918.
Nov 01 On this day in history 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident
Nov 01 Sgt. Hugh Cairns (46th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Valenciennes, Belgium in the year 1918.
Nov 03 On this day in history austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
Nov 03 Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves in the year 1918.
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 Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners) in the year 1918.
Nov 04 In the year 1918 kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors
Nov 04 On this day in history wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25
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) on this day in history.
Nov 07 Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets on this day in history.
Nov 07 On this day in history the birth of Billy Graham, American evangelist
Nov 07 On this day in history 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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