Page 3: Historical Events In 1918

Feb 08   John Intoxication, resistance fighter in the year 1918.   

Feb 09   On this day in history army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA   

Feb 09   In the year 1918 army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va   

Feb 09   Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain in the year 1918.   

Feb 13   In the year 1918 helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)   

Feb 14   H Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Feb 14   USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar on this day in history.   

Feb 15   1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland in the year 1918.   

Feb 15   Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar in the year 1918.   

Feb 15   On this day in history first WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 16   On this day in history lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)   

Feb 16   In the year 1918 patty Andrews, American singer   

Feb 17   Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire in the year 1918.   

Feb 21   Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine in the year 1918.   

Feb 22   Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia in the year 1918.   

Feb 23   On this day in history dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)   

Feb 23   First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. Since 1923 this date become the Day of Red Army in honour of this victory in the year 1918.   

Feb 24   In the year 1918 estonia declares independence from Russia   

Feb 25   In the year 1918 henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)   

Feb 26   Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) in the year 1918.   

Feb 26   In the year 1918 stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604   

Feb 28   Alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire) on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   Spanish flu (pandemic) in Worldwide killing 17-100 million people in the year 1918.   

Mar 01   Typhus in Russia in the year 1918.   

Mar 02   NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1918 peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator   

Mar 03   Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA) in the year 1918.   

Mar 03   Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany & Austria in the year 1918.   

Mar 04   On this day in history eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 04   On this day in history terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921)   

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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   Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) was born in the year 1918.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1918 birth of alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)   

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   Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1918.   

Jan 09   Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844) died in the year 1918.   

Jan 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1918.   

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

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