Page 3: Historical Events In 1918

Feb 08   John Intoxication, resistance fighter   

Feb 09   Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA   

Feb 09   Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va   

Feb 09   Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30   

Feb 10   Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain.   

Feb 13   Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936).   

Feb 14   H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC.   

Feb 14   In this year, USSR formally adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar.   

Feb 15   1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 15   Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar   

Feb 15   inaugural WWI US army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland   

Feb 16   Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day).   

Feb 16   Patty Andrews, American singer   

Feb 17   Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies   

Feb 20   Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire   

Feb 21   Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine.   

Feb 22   In this year, Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia.   

Feb 23   Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)   

Feb 23   inaugural 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.   

Feb 24   Estonia declares independence from Russia   

Feb 25   Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)   

Feb 26   Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers).   

Feb 26   Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604.   

Feb 28   Alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire)   

Mar 01   Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64   

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

Mar 01   Typhus in Russia.   

Mar 02   NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Phila A's.   

Mar 02   Peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator.   

Mar 03   Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA)   

Mar 03   Russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria   

Mar 04   Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58.   

Mar 04   Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921).   

Mar 05   Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/spy (MI6)/priest   

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Jan 01   Willy den ouden: Dutch swimmer, (wr 100m, 1:04.06)   

Jan 01   Patrick anthony porteous: Scottish victoria cross recipient    

Jan 02   Willi graf: German anti-nazi activist    

Jan 03   Maxene andrews: Minn, singer (andrew sisters-boogie woogie bugle boy)   

Jan 05   Jean dixon: Psychic (gift of prophecy)   

Jan 06   Buddy weed: Ossining ny, pianist (penthouse party)   

Jan 06   Caspar mb "cas" baas: Dutch actor/playwright/director (ciske the rat)   

Jan 07   Alessadro natta: Italian political leader (communist party)   

Jan 02   Sijbe k bakker: Vicar/theologist (christian-socialism),   

Jan 06   Georg f l p cantor: German mathematician: collection,    

Jan 08   Michael hertz: Composer,   

Jan 09   Émile reynaud: French scientist (b. 1844)   

Jan 24   George arthur crump: Founder of the pine valley golf club in clementon nj (b. 1871)   

Jan 28   John mccrae: Canadian poet/physician,    

Feb 02   John l sullivan: Mass, heavyweight boxing champ,    

Feb 06   Gustav klimt: Austrian painter/cartoonist,