Historical Events In 1918

Feb 08   John Intoxication, resistance fighter on this day in history.   

Feb 09   In the year 1918 army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA   

Feb 09   On this day in history army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va   

Feb 09   Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 in the year 1918.   

Feb 10   On this day in history gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain   

Feb 13   Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1918 h Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC   

Feb 14   In the year 1918 uSSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar   

Feb 15   1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar on this day in history.   

Feb 15   First WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Patty Andrews, American singer on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies   

Feb 20   On this day in history leonore Annenberg American Billionaire   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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.   

Feb 24   In the year 1918 estonia declares independence from Russia   

Feb 25   Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948) in the year 1918.   

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

Feb 26   Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 in the year 1918.   

Feb 28   Alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire) in the year 1918.   

Mar 01   In the year 1918 johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64   

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

Mar 01   Typhus in Russia in the year 1918.   

Mar 02   In the year 1918 nY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's   

Mar 02   On this day in history peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator   

Mar 03   In the year 1918 arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) in the year 1918.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1918 birth of willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)   

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   Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72   

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)   

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

Feb 02   John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 in the year 1918.   

Feb 06   Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.