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What Happened In April 1918 In History

Historical Events for April, 1918

  • 1st » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
  • 9th » World War I: The Battle of the Lys (1918) named Battle of the Lys the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
  • 9th » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims Union of Bessarabia with Romania or union with the Kingdom of Romania.
  • 20th » Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
  • 21st » World War I: German Empire called German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in French Third Republic e.g France.
  • 23rd » World War I: The Royal Navy British Royal Navy makes a Zeebrugge Raid raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgium Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
  • 24th » First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IV tank called Mark IVs meet three Germany or German A7Vs.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1918

  • 3rd » Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) named Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
  • 3rd » Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
  • 4th » George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician (d. 2007)
  • 6th » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (d. 1982)
  • 6th » Big Walter Horton, American harmonica player (d. 1981)
  • 7th » Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach
  • 8th » Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (d. 2011)
  • 8th » Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
  • 9th » Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008)
  • 10th » Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
  • 11th » Richard Wainwright (politician) or Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
  • 14th » Mary Healy, American actress and singer
  • 16th » Dick Gibson, English race car driver (d. 2010)
  • 16th » Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk (d. 1995)
  • 16th » Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
  • 16th » Spike Milligan, Indian-Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002)
  • 17th » William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
  • 18th » Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
  • 18th » André Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958)
  • 18th » Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 18th » Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded 'CliffsNotes' (d. 2001)
  • 18th » Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
  • 20th » Edward L. Beach, Jr., American captain and author (d. 2002)
  • 20th » Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
  • 21st » Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 22nd » William Jay Smith, American poet and academic
  • 22nd » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
  • 23rd » Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
  • 25th » Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)
  • 25th » Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (d. 2006)
  • 26th » Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner (d. 2004)
  • 26th » Stafford Repp, American actor (d. 1974)
  • 27th » Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
  • 29th » George Allen (American football coach) known as George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)

Famous Deaths for April 1918

  • 7th » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
  • 13th » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
  • 20th » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
  • 21st » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
  • 21st » Antonio Pini-Corsi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1858 or 1859)

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