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   The Mount Royal Tunnel, Montreal, is opened for regular traffic by the Canadian Northern Railway in the year 1918.  

Oct 23   In the year 1918 actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)  

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

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   In the year 1918 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   In the year 1918 paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show)  

Oct 28   Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up on this day in history.  

Oct 28   On this day in history harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer  

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

Oct 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week  

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

Nov 03   Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves on this day in history.  

Nov 03   In the year 1918 austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves  

Nov 03   In the year 1918 bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters)  

Nov 03   Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I on this day in history.  

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

Nov 04   On this day in history 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   Republic of Poland proclaimed in the year 1918.  

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

Nov 07   On this day in history billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)  

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

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 in the year 1918.  

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

Nov 08   Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs in the year 1918.  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born in the year 1918.  

Jan 02   On this day in history sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42  

Jan 06   In the year 1918 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   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1918 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies  

Feb 02   On this day in history john L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59  

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