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| Born : | 07/04/1918 | Abigail Van Buren, twin sister, advice columnist |
| Born : | 06/27/1918 | Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) |
| Born : | 02/15/1918 | Alan Arbus, NYC, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H) |
| Born : | 03/08/1918 | Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA Calif, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island) |
| Born : | 08/31/1918 | Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Leowe-My Fair Lady) |
| Born : | 03/16/1918 | Aldo E van Eyck, architect (City Hall) |
| Born : | 12/11/1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970) |
| Born : | 01/07/1918 | Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party) |
| Born : | 09/02/1918 | Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) |
| Born : | 06/15/1918 | Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader |
| Born : | 01/15/1918 | Andreas M Donner, reich leader |
| Born : | 07/04/1918 | Ann Landers, twin sister, advice columnist |
| Born : | 04/17/1918 | Anne Shirley, UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas) |
| Born : | 04/23/1918 | Anthony Craxton, British TV producer |
| Born : | 10/20/1918 | Anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor (Assignment Vienna) |
| Born : | 12/25/1918 | Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian pres (1970-81, Nobel 1978) |
| Born : | 03/03/1918 | Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA) |
| Born : | 11/04/1918 | Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners) |
| Born : | 03/03/1918 | Arthur Kornberg, US biochemist (Nobel 1959) |
| Born : | 07/14/1918 | Arthur Laurents, NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy) |
| Born : | 04/25/1918 | Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56) |
| Born : | 12/20/1918 | Audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up) |
| Born : | 09/16/1918 | Baroness Pike, former MP |
| Born : | 06/13/1918 | Ben Johnson, Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger) |
| Born : | 03/20/1918 | Bernd Zimmermann, German composer |
| Born : | 06/28/1918 | Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], writer/poet (Cross Roads) |
| Born : | 07/06/1918 | Bert [Lambertus H] Feet, journalist/poet (Crossing) |
| Born : | 02/18/1918 | Betty Field, US, actress (Of Mice & Men, Bus Stop) |
| Born : | 10/16/1918 | Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- ) |
| Born : | 11/07/1918 | Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Bapist evangelist (Crusades) |
| Born : | 05/17/1918 | Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome) |
| Born : | 06/18/1918 | Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger) |
| Born : | 11/03/1918 | Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters) |
| Born : | 10/10/1918 | Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven) |
| Born : | 02/25/1918 | Bobby Riggs, tennis star (1939 US Open) |
| Born : | 10/18/1918 | Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) |
| Born : | 01/06/1918 | Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) |
| Born : | 07/04/1918 | Buster Davis, Johnstown Pa, choral director (Garry Moore Show) |
| Born : | 11/04/1918 | Cameron Mitchell, Dallastown Pa, actor (Buck-High Chaparral) |
| Born : | 04/11/1918 | Cameron Mitchell, actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire) |
| Born : | 09/17/1918 | Chaim Herzog, president (Israel, 1983-93) |
| Born : | 02/17/1918 | Charles A Hayes, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 02/22/1918 | Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's) |
| Born : | 03/22/1918 | Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/ Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64) |
| Born : | 11/22/1918 | Claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- ) |
| Born : | 05/25/1918 | Claude Akins, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo) |
| Born : | 05/24/1918 | Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit) |
| Born : | 07/08/1918 | Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn) |
| Born : | 03/17/1918 | D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], pianist/composer (Eleonora) |
| Born : | 05/24/1918 | D V Jennings, solicitor |
| Born : | 01/30/1918 | David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada) |
| Born : | 08/13/1918 | Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal |
| Born : | 05/23/1918 | Dennis Compton, author/cricketeer |
| Born : | 03/14/1918 | Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals) |
| Born : | 09/08/1918 | Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) |
| Born : | 02/12/1918 | Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox) |
| Born : | 12/21/1918 | Donald Regan, White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85) |
| Born : | 11/20/1918 | Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936) |
| Born : | 06/14/1918 | Dorothy McGuire, Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic) |
| Born : | 10/09/1918 | E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in |
| Born : | 04/04/1918 | Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton) |
| Born : | 12/25/1918 | Eddie Safranski, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Jonathan Winters Show) |
| Born : | 05/15/1918 | Eddy Arnold, country singer (Anytime) |
| Born : | 02/26/1918 | Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers) |
| Born : | 11/30/1918 | Efren Zimbalist Jr, NYC, actor (77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples) |
| Born : | 04/25/1918 | Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (Is it live or is it Memorex) |
| Born : | 01/27/1918 | Elmore James, musician (Dust My Broom) |
| Born : | 03/24/1918 | Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter |
| Born : | 11/10/1918 | Ernst Fischer, German chemist (Nobel 1973) |
| Born : | 07/06/1918 | Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music) |
| Born : | 06/19/1918 | Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor of Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan |
| Born : | 04/26/1918 | Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, Hurdler (Olym-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 11/09/1918 | Florence Chadwick, San Diego Calif, swimmer (Hall of Fame 1970) |
| Born : | 08/13/1918 | Frederick Sanger, England, biochemist (Nobel 1958, 1980) |
| Born : | 01/15/1918 | Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1971) |
| Born : | 03/13/1918 | George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears) |
| Born : | 07/05/1918 | George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet) |
| Born : | 09/04/1918 | Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx) |
| Born : | 01/23/1918 | Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) |
| Born : | 01/24/1918 | Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer |
| Born : | 08/23/1918 | Gus [August CM] Hermus, actor |
| Born : | 12/08/1918 | G‚rard Souzay, Angers France, baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro) |
| Born : | 09/22/1918 | Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose) |
| Born : | 02/13/1918 | Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936) |
| Born : | 09/03/1918 | Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns) |
| Born : | 12/23/1918 | Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974- ) |
| Born : | 02/25/1918 | Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 09/22/1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto) |
| Born : | 11/29/1918 | Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show) |
| Born : | 03/10/1918 | Heywood Hale Broun, journalist |
| Born : | 03/21/1918 | Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) |
| Born : | 11/09/1918 | Howard Shanet, Brooklyn NY, conductor (Night of the Tropics) |
| Born : | 09/26/1918 | Humphrey van Loo, news director (ANP/Reuter) |
| Born : | 07/14/1918 | Ingmar Bergman, Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers) |
| Born : | 06/07/1918 | Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister of health & environment |
| Born : | 03/20/1918 | Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) |
| Born : | 11/10/1918 | Jack McCoy, Akron Ohio, TV host (Live Like a Millionaire) |
| Born : | 09/14/1918 | Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show) |
| Born : | 09/27/1918 | Jame McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet) |
| Born : | 03/12/1918 | James Bracken, race horse trainer |
| Born : | 10/23/1918 | James Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center) |
| Born : | 08/03/1918 | James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox) |
| Born : | 07/18/1918 | Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah) |
| Born : | 07/14/1918 | Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory |
| Born : | 01/05/1918 | Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy) |
| Born : | 04/11/1918 | Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist |
| Born : | 12/15/1918 | Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Broken Arrow, Away All Boats) |
| Born : | 08/29/1918 | Jelle Z˜lstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank |
| Born : | 10/11/1918 | Jerome Robbins, choreographer/composer (Tony-West Side Story) |
| Born : | 11/12/1918 | Jo Stafford, Coalinga Calif, singer (I'll Never Smile Again) |
| Born : | 03/21/1918 | Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons) |
| Born : | 12/12/1918 | Joe Williams, jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues) |
| Born : | 02/03/1918 | Joey Bishop, [Gottlieb], Bronx, talk show host (Joey Bishop Show) |
| Born : | 08/13/1918 | John Bunting, senior civil servant |
| Born : | 09/08/1918 | John F Seiberling, (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86) |
| Born : | 01/29/1918 | John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty) |
| Born : | 01/19/1918 | John H Johnson, US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet) |
| Born : | 05/13/1918 | John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia) |
| Born : | 01/24/1918 | John McLiam, Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh) |
| Born : | 05/18/1918 | John Paul II, 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- ) |
| Born : | 04/27/1918 | John Scali, newspaperman/correspondant (ABC) |
| Born : | 05/15/1918 | Joseph Wiseman, Montr‚al, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables) |
| Born : | 12/23/1918 | Jos‚ Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers) |
| Born : | 05/16/1918 | Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro P ramo) |
| Born : | 02/12/1918 | Julian S Schwinger, US physicist |
| Born : | 04/09/1918 | J”rn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) |
| Born : | 05/04/1918 | Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM convicted of bribe-taking |
| Born : | 01/25/1918 | Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol) |
| Born : | 05/16/1918 | Kevin Skelton, Bishop of Lichfield |
| Born : | 04/27/1918 | Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads) |
| Born : | 12/09/1918 | Kirk Douglas, [Issur Demsky], actor (Gunfight at OK Corral) |
| Born : | 10/18/1918 | Konstantinos Mitsottakis, premier of Greece (1990- ) |
| Born : | 12/21/1918 | Kurt Waldheim, 4th UN Sec-Gen (1972-81), Austrian pres/Nazi |
| Born : | 08/25/1918 | Leonard Bernstein, conductor/composer/pianist/egotist |
| Born : | 05/21/1918 | Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist |
| Born : | 07/27/1918 | Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51) |
| Born : | 06/14/1918 | Leroy T Walker, Atlanta Ga, US Olympic consultant (1960, 68, 72) |
| Born : | 07/15/1918 | Lord Buxton of Alsa, ITV pioneer |
| Born : | 07/03/1918 | Lord Mulley, Labour MP |
| Born : | 08/27/1918 | Lord Winstanley, physician/Liberal MP |
| Born : | 10/19/1918 | Louis Althusser, French philosopher |
| Born : | 11/29/1918 | Madeleine L'Engle [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters) |
| Born : | 06/17/1918 | Maldwyn Thomas, president (Welsh Liberal Party) |
| Born : | 04/04/1918 | Margaret Dupont, tennis champion |
| Born : | 03/04/1918 | Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50) |
| Born : | 05/10/1918 | Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites) |
| Born : | 09/02/1918 | Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell |
| Born : | 09/27/1918 | Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82 |
| Born : | 04/14/1918 | Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife) |
| Born : | 04/23/1918 | Maurice Druon, [Kessel], French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt) |
| Born : | 01/03/1918 | Maxene Andrews, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) |
| Born : | 03/17/1918 | Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill (Exorcist, All the King's Men) |
| Born : | 03/09/1918 | Mickey Spillane, mystery writer (I, the Jury) |
| Born : | 05/09/1918 | Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes) |
| Born : | 12/02/1918 | Milton Delugg, LA Calif, orch leader (Tonight Show) |
| Born : | 08/17/1918 | Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings) |
| Born : | 02/01/1918 | Muriel Spark, Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) |
| Born : | 06/15/1918 | N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad |
| Born : | 07/18/1918 | Nelson Mandela, Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC) |
| Born : | 07/08/1918 | Nelson Mandela, Transkei South Africa, jailed political activist |
| Born : | 06/11/1918 | Nelson Mandela, civil right activist in South Africa |
| Born : | 01/26/1918 | Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90) |
| Born : | 12/12/1918 | Nilda Pinto, [NM Geerdink-Jesurun P], Cura‡aos writer (Nanzi) |
| Born : | 02/04/1918 | Norman Wisdom, London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall) |
| Born : | 11/10/1918 | Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep) |
| Born : | 01/24/1918 | Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000 (Oral Roberts College) |
| Born : | 05/09/1918 | Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69) |
| Born : | 02/26/1918 | Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89) |
| Born : | 07/18/1918 | Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula) |
| Born : | 11/26/1918 | Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990- ) |
| Born : | 06/03/1918 | Patrick Cargill, actor (Help, Hammerhead) |
| Born : | 02/13/1918 | Patty Berg, Minn, golfer (1943, 1955 AP Sports Woman of Year) |
| Born : | 10/27/1918 | Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show) |
| Born : | 09/04/1918 | Paul Harvey, Tulsa Okla, news commentator (Rest of the story) |
| Born : | 04/07/1918 | Peanuts Hucko, Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show) |
| Born : | 03/29/1918 | Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly) |
| Born : | 05/25/1918 | Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952) |
| Born : | 09/20/1918 | Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure) |
| Born : | 09/25/1918 | Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950) |
| Born : | 07/22/1918 | Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, lawyer/son of prince Henry |
| Born : | 04/26/1918 | Prof Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University) |
| Born : | 09/21/1918 | Rand Brooks, LA Calif, actor (Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin) |
| Born : | 09/13/1918 | Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como) |
| Born : | 10/22/1918 | Ren‚ the Obaldia, French writer/screenwriter (Fugue … Waterloo) |
| Born : | 06/06/1918 | Richard Crane, Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6) |
| Born : | 01/22/1918 | Richard Eastham, Opelousas La, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest) |
| Born : | 03/15/1918 | Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde) |
| Born : | 08/25/1918 | Richard Greene, Plymouth England, actor (Adv of Robin Hood) |
| Born : | 09/24/1918 | Richard Hoggart, author/warden (Goldsmith's College London) |
| Born : | 06/08/1918 | Robert Preston, Newton MA, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter) |
| Born : | 02/22/1918 | Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1") |
| Born : | 04/22/1918 | Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, world's tallest man (8'11.1") |
| Born : | 10/13/1918 | Robert Walker, US, actor (Touch of Venus) [or 1914] |
| Born : | 04/18/1918 | Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64) |
| Born : | 04/18/1918 | Roger de Grey, president (Royal Academy) |
| Born : | 10/08/1918 | Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Vise, OSS) |
| Born : | 04/07/1918 | Ronald Howard, Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style) |
| Born : | 11/06/1918 | Ronnie Brody, British actor |
| Born : | 08/08/1918 | Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan) |
| Born : | 07/24/1918 | Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, violinist (Paganini) |
| Born : | 11/03/1918 | Russell B Long, (D-Sen-La) |
| Born : | 11/31/1918 | Russell B Long, (Sen-D-LA, 1948-86) |
| Born : | 03/29/1918 | Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart) |
| Born : | 07/06/1918 | Sebastian Cabot, London, actor (Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine) |
| Born : | 02/22/1918 | Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy) |
| Born : | 04/03/1918 | Sixten Ehrling, Malm” Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) |
| Born : | 01/27/1918 | Skitch Henderson, Birmingham England, orch leader (Tonight Show) |
| Born : | 04/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers) |
| Born : | 11/09/1918 | Spiro Theodore Agnew, (R) 39th VP (1968-75), crook |
| Born : | 04/26/1918 | Stafford Repp, Calif, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman) |
| Born : | 01/13/1918 | Steve Dunne, Northampton Mass, actor (Professional Father) |
| Born : | 06/30/1918 | Stuart Foster, Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show) |
| Born : | 11/11/1918 | Stubby Kaye, NYC, actor (Guys & Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou) |
| Born : | 06/30/1918 | Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa) |
| Born : | 05/10/1918 | T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father) |
| Born : | 07/04/1918 | Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965- ) |
| Born : | 08/30/1918 | Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox) |
| Born : | 10/30/1918 | Ted Williams, Red Sox hitter (AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47) |
| Born : | 01/13/1918 | Ted Willis, prolific screenwriter (It's Great to be Young) |
| Born : | 10/27/1918 | Teresa Wright, NYC, actress (Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees) |
| Born : | 10/10/1918 | Thelonious Monk, jazz guitarist/composer/pianist (Monk's Dream) |
| Born : | 02/26/1918 | Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar) |
| Born : | 11/24/1918 | Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round) |
| Born : | 01/18/1918 | Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland) |
| Born : | 04/18/1918 | Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street) |
| Born : | 01/28/1918 | Vito Scotti, SF Calif, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park) |
| Born : | 07/29/1918 | Vladimir Doedentzev, Russian writer |
| Born : | 12/30/1918 | W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden) |
| Born : | 03/17/1918 | Wilhelmus M J Russell, attorney/ Member of 1st chamber (KVP/CDA) |
| Born : | 10/18/1918 | Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/foreign minister) |
| Born : | 04/17/1918 | William Holden, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB) |
| Born : | 01/29/1918 | William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants) |
| Born : | 09/04/1918 | William Talbert, tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48) |
| Born : | 01/01/1918 | Willy den Ouden, swimmer, (WR 100m 1:04.06) |
| Born : | 01/28/1918 | Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker |
| Born : | 08/01/1918 | Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist |
| Born : | 05/27/1918 | Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese PM (1982-87) |
| Born : | 09/--/1918 | [John] Zacherle, NY DJ/horror film star |
| Born : | 07/18/1918 | [Rolihlala] Nelson Dalibhunga Mandela, South african ANC-leader |
| Died : | 04/21/1918 | "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], killed in WW I |
| Died : | 08/03/1918 | Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist, dies |
| Died : | 07/16/1918 | Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed |
| Died : | 07/16/1918 | Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17 |
| Died : | 07/25/1918 | Carlos Guido y Spano, Arg poet (Mexico, canto ‚pico), dies |
| Died : | 07/30/1918 | Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies |
| Died : | 03/25/1918 | Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris |
| Died : | 07/06/1918 | Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies |
| Died : | 06/17/1918 | Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies |
| Died : | 07/26/1918 | Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies |
| Died : | 10/31/1918 | Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 |
| Died : | 04/29/1918 | Gavrilo Princip, Bosnisch murderer of arch duke French Ferdinand, dies |
| Died : | 01/06/1918 | Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies |
| Died : | 12/28/1918 | George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies |
| Died : | 05/30/1918 | Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies |
| Died : | 10/13/1918 | Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies |
| Died : | 11/09/1918 | Guillaume Apollinaire, [Wilhelm Kostrowitsky], Fr poet (Alcools), dies |
| Died : | 02/06/1918 | Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies |
| Died : | 05/27/1918 | Henry Adams, historian, dies |
| Died : | 08/31/1918 | Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 |
| Died : | 09/25/1918 | John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies |
| Died : | 02/02/1918 | John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 |
| Died : | 01/28/1918 | John McCrae, Canadian poet & physician, dies |
| Died : | 07/19/1918 | Joost van Vollenhoven, ambassador (gov-gen French West-Africa), dies |
| Died : | 10/19/1918 | Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 |
| Died : | 06/27/1918 | Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies |
| Died : | 11/18/1918 | J¢n Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Iceland author (G¢dir), dies |
| Died : | 09/04/1918 | Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51) |
| Died : | 07/02/1918 | Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies |
| Died : | 07/16/1918 | Nicolas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, executed |
| Died : | 04/05/1918 | Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geocount, dies |
| Died : | 04/23/1918 | Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies |
| Died : | 10/05/1918 | Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies |
| Died : | 12/14/1918 | Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered |
| Died : | 10/31/1918 | Stephen Tisza, Hungarian PM assassinated by soldiers |
| Died : | 11/11/1918 | Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies |
| Died : | 11/04/1918 | Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25 |
| Died : | 03/09/1918 | [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 |
| Interest: | 08/18/1918 | [Ang] Commemoration of William Porcher DuBose, priest |
| Special : | 06/15/1918 | 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania |
| Special : | 07/09/1918 | 101 killed & 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn |
| Special : | 05/13/1918 | 1st US airmail stamps issued (24›) |
| Special : | 02/05/1918 | 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson |
| Special : | 02/15/1918 | 1st WW I US army troopship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland |
| Special : | 06/12/1918 | 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France |
| Special : | 03/14/1918 | 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF |
| Special : | 03/31/1918 | 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect |
| Special : | 05/20/1918 | 1st electrically propelled warship (New M‚xico) |
| Special : | 06/28/1918 | 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands |
| Special : | 08/15/1918 | 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) |
| Special : | 05/15/1918 | 1st regular airmail service (between NY & Wash) inaugurated |
| Special : | 10/12/1918 | 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) |
| Special : | 11/21/1918 | 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die |
| Special : | 07/15/1918 | 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I |
| Special : | 09/03/1918 | 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 |
| Special : | 06/15/1918 | 50th running of Belmont Stakes (Johren wins) |
| Special : | 11/01/1918 | 97 die in NYC subway's worst accident (Brooklyn) |
| Special : | 10/30/1918 | A Schwassmann discovers asteroids #905 Universitas & #906 Repsolda |
| Special : | 03/18/1918 | AJC organizes |
| Special : | 10/23/1918 | Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17) |
| Special : | 03/23/1918 | Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River |
| Special : | 09/29/1918 | Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line |
| Special : | 07/04/1918 | Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa |
| Special : | 03/13/1918 | American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms |
| Special : | 07/25/1918 | Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of US, Calif |
| Special : | 11/11/1918 | Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) |
| Special : | 02/09/1918 | Army chaplain school organized at Ft Monroe, Va |
| Special : | 02/21/1918 | Austrians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Palestine |
| Special : | 11/03/1918 | Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves |
| Special : | 06/25/1918 | Bakoe-Turkish communist party forms |
| Special : | 09/01/1918 | Baseball season ends due to WW I |
| Special : | 05/27/1918 | Battle of Aisne |
| Special : | 08/11/1918 | Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans |
| Special : | 06/06/1918 | Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I |
| Special : | 09/18/1918 | Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts |
| Special : | 04/04/1918 | Battle of Somme, ends |
| Special : | 04/23/1918 | Battle of Zeebrugge ends |
| Special : | 11/09/1918 | Bavaria proclaims itself a republic |
| Special : | 04/27/1918 | Bkln Dodgers get 1st victory after worse major league start (0-9) |
| Special : | 10/03/1918 | Boris becomes king of Bulgaria |
| Special : | 06/23/1918 | Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 |
| Special : | 09/11/1918 | Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series |
| Special : | 02/06/1918 | Britain grants women (30 & over) vote |
| Special : | 08/20/1918 | Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I |
| Special : | 08/17/1918 | British troops overthrow Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Special : | 08/01/1918 | British troops overthrow Vladivostok |
| Special : | 11/18/1918 | Brussels free Stofnar |
| Special : | 11/24/1918 | B‚la Can forms Hungarian Communist Party |
| Special : | 10/25/1918 | Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die |
| Special : | 06/22/1918 | Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 (Ivanhoe Illinois) |
| Special : | 05/24/1918 | Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning |
| Special : | 10/12/1918 | Cloquet Minn & 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die |
| Special : | 03/19/1918 | Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time |
| Special : | 10/18/1918 | Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Special : | 08/30/1918 | Czechoslovakia forms independence republic |
| Special : | 10/28/1918 | Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up |
| Special : | 10/17/1918 | De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens |
| Special : | 04/23/1918 | Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea |
| Special : | 08/27/1918 | Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia |
| Special : | 09/05/1918 | Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early |
| Special : | 03/21/1918 | During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive (till March 28th) |
| Special : | 09/12/1918 | During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel |
| Special : | 11/11/1918 | Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution |
| Special : | 04/13/1918 | Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital |
| Special : | 11/11/1918 | Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates |
| Special : | 11/12/1918 | Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic |
| Special : | 11/28/1918 | Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia & Germany, abdicates |
| Special : | 04/01/1918 | England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force |
| Special : | 02/24/1918 | Estonia declares independence from Russia |
| Special : | 02/15/1918 | Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar |
| Special : | 05/11/1918 | Exterminator wins Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 12/14/1918 | F Gonnessiat discovers asteroid #915 Cosette |
| Special : | 08/30/1918 | Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin |
| Special : | 08/06/1918 | Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France |
| Special : | 01/14/1918 | Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
| Special : | 10/12/1918 | Forest fire in Minnesota & Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 |
| Special : | 12/09/1918 | French troops attack Mainz |
| Special : | 05/26/1918 | Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia |
| Special : | 07/19/1918 | German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) |
| Special : | 11/10/1918 | German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland |
| Special : | 02/22/1918 | Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia |
| Special : | 11/11/1918 | Germany surrenders ending WW I |
| Special : | 11/07/1918 | Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets |
| Special : | 05/10/1918 | HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor |
| Special : | 04/03/1918 | House of Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler |
| Special : | 11/16/1918 | Hungarian People's Republic declared |
| Special : | 12/01/1918 | Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown |
| Special : | 11/10/1918 | Independence of Poland proclaimed by J¢zef Pilsudski |
| Special : | 09/03/1918 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #902 Probitas |
| Special : | 09/13/1918 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #903 Nealley |
| Special : | 09/04/1918 | Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier |
| Special : | 11/09/1918 | Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I |
| Special : | 11/04/1918 | Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors |
| Special : | 05/23/1918 | King Oil/Shell refinery on Cura‡ao officially opens |
| Special : | 01/01/1918 | Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland |
| Special : | 11/18/1918 | Latvia declares independence from Russia |
| Special : | 04/09/1918 | Latvia proclaims independence |
| Special : | 07/22/1918 | Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park |
| Special : | 03/23/1918 | Lithuana proclaims independence |
| Special : | 02/16/1918 | Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day) |
| Special : | 07/17/1918 | Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings |
| Special : | 01/03/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #887 Alinda |
| Special : | 02/02/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #888 Parysatis |
| Special : | 03/05/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #889 Erynia |
| Special : | 03/11/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #890 Waltraut |
| Special : | 05/17/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #891 Gunhild |
| Special : | 06/04/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda |
| Special : | 07/11/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio |
| Special : | 08/01/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #896 Sphinx |
| Special : | 08/10/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #900 Rosalinde |
| Special : | 08/30/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #901 Brunsia |
| Special : | 10/29/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #904 Rockefellia |
| Special : | 11/12/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #907 Rhoda |
| Special : | 11/30/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #908 Buda |
| Special : | 10/30/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #919 Ilsebill |
| Special : | 05/31/1918 | M Wolf discovers asteroids #892 Seeligeria & #893 Leopoldina |
| Special : | 10/21/1918 | Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min |
| Special : | 11/22/1918 | Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland |
| Special : | 09/26/1918 | Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I |
| Special : | 01/08/1918 | Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) |
| Special : | 11/13/1918 | Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck & Pyrmont abdicates throne |
| Special : | 01/12/1918 | Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4 |
| Special : | 01/02/1918 | Montr‚al Wanderers' Westmount hockey arena burns down |
| Special : | 03/11/1918 | Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia |
| Special : | 10/18/1918 | NHL's Qu‚bec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn |
| Special : | 06/08/1918 | Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered |
| Special : | 12/05/1918 | Oil refinery on Cura‡ao opens |
| Special : | 03/23/1918 | Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) |
| Special : | 06/13/1918 | Philles & Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings |
| Special : | 08/01/1918 | Pitts Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings |
| Special : | 11/11/1918 | Poland declares independence |
| Special : | 11/03/1918 | Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I |
| Special : | 08/26/1918 | Premier of W Smith & F Bacons "Lightnin'" |
| Special : | 01/08/1918 | Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I |
| Special : | 07/25/1918 | Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks & 2 whites killed) |
| Special : | 07/26/1918 | Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed) |
| Special : | 11/14/1918 | Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president |
| Special : | 11/06/1918 | Republic of Poland proclaimed |
| Special : | 02/01/1918 | Russia adopts Gregorians calender (becomes Feb 14) |
| Special : | 11/13/1918 | Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| Special : | 01/25/1918 | Russia declared a republic of Soviets |
| Special : | 03/03/1918 | Russia withdraws from WW I, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany |
| Special : | 03/09/1918 | Russian Bolshevick Party becomes the Communist Party |
| Special : | 07/10/1918 | Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established |
| Special : | 03/19/1918 | S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane |
| Special : | 08/17/1918 | Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 |
| Special : | 03/11/1918 | Save the Redwoods League founded |
| Special : | 10/06/1918 | Scottish/Irish ship Otranto sinks, killing 425 die |
| Special : | 02/05/1918 | Seperation of church & state begins in USSR |
| Special : | 11/29/1918 | Serbia annexes Montenegro |
| Special : | 12/01/1918 | Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade |
| Special : | 10/08/1918 | Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans |
| Special : | 10/30/1918 | Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state |
| Special : | 07/27/1918 | Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY |
| Special : | 10/26/1918 | Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe |
| Special : | 01/19/1918 | Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly |
| Special : | 10/31/1918 | Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week |
| Special : | 11/13/1918 | Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg |
| Special : | 02/26/1918 | Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604 |
| Special : | 01/28/1918 | Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory |
| Special : | 06/03/1918 | Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional |
| Special : | 11/06/1918 | Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns |
| Special : | 05/18/1918 | TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200 |
| Special : | 05/28/1918 | Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent |
| Special : | 03/04/1918 | Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) |
| Special : | 03/30/1918 | Toronto Arenas beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 09/13/1918 | Train accident at Weesp kills 36 |
| Special : | 01/28/1918 | Trotsky become the leader of the Reds |
| Special : | 08/17/1918 | Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus |
| Special : | 02/03/1918 | Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service |
| Special : | 07/18/1918 | US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I |
| Special : | 08/15/1918 | US & Russia sever diplomatic ties |
| Special : | 07/09/1918 | US Army's Distinguished Service Cross authorized |
| Special : | 12/13/1918 | US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany |
| Special : | 01/03/1918 | US employment service opens as a unit of Dept of Labor |
| Special : | 03/06/1918 | US naval collier "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle |
| Special : | 09/04/1918 | US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months |
| Special : | 09/01/1918 | US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 |
| Special : | 08/16/1918 | US troops overthrows Archangelsk |
| Special : | 02/14/1918 | USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) |
| Special : | 01/22/1918 | Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet) |
| Special : | 11/07/1918 | United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed |
| Special : | 05/15/1918 | War Cloud wins Preakness |
| Special : | 05/15/1918 | Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0 18 inning game |
| Special : | 12/13/1918 | Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France) |
| Special : | 08/03/1918 | Wolf discovers asteroid #897 Lysistrata, #898 Hildegard & #899 Jokaste |
| Special : | 05/04/1918 | Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 |
| Special : | 06/01/1918 | Yanks turn triple-play, beat Tigers 5-4 |
| Special : | 11/--/1918 | Yemen Arab Republic (North) declares independence from Ottoman Empire |
| Special : | 12/01/1918 | Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established |
| Special : | 10/17/1918 | Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic |
| Special : | 08/07/1918 | 104øF highest temperature for this date in NYC |
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