What Happened In January 1918 In History

Historical Events for January, 1918

• 8th » President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• 9th » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 17th » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards (Finland) known as Red Guards and the White Guard (Finland) called White Guard.
• 25th » Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
• 28th » Finnish Civil War: Rebellion e.g Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
• 29th » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• 29th » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An Kiev Arsenal January Uprising or armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• 31st » A Battle of May Island named series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1918

• 1st » Patrick Anthony Porteous, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1st » Ed Price (American politician) e.g Edgar Price, American pilot and politician (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Willi Graf, German activist (d. 1943)
• 3rd » Ivan Bodiul, Ukrainian-Moldovan politician (d. 2013)
• 6th » Bharat Vyas, Indian lyricist (d. 1982)
• 9th » Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 10th » Les Bennett, English footballer (d. 1999)
• 10th » Arthur Chung, Guyanese politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
• 13th » Stephen Dunne (actor) named Stephen Dunne, American actor (d. 1977)
• 14th » Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, Hungarian-English wife of István Horthy (d. 2013)
• 15th » João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
• 15th » Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
• 15th » Christos Kagaras, Greek artist (d. 2010)
• 15th » Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)
• 16th » Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
• 16th » Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009)
• 16th » Clem Jones, Australian politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
• 16th » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
• 17th » Keith Joseph, English politician (d. 1994)
• 17th » George M. Leader, American politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
• 19th » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
• 20th » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
• 20th » Nevin S. Scrimshaw, American scientist and academic (d. 2013)
• 20th » Cleon Skousen, American author (d. 2006)
• 21st » Chichay, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
• 21st » Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011)
• 22nd » Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 24th » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
• 25th » Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 26th » Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian politician, 1st List of heads of state of Romania known as President of Romania (d. 1989)
• 26th » Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
• 27th » Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
• 27th » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
• 27th » William Seawell, American general (d. 2005)
• 28th » Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (d. 1989)
• 28th » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
• 29th » John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
• 30th » David Opatoshu, American actor (d. 1996)

Famous Deaths for January 1918

• 1st » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (b. 1858)
• 6th » Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
• 8th » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 8th » Ellis H. Roberts, American politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 9th » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 24th » George Arthur Crump, American architect, designed the Pine Valley Golf Club (b. 1871)
• 28th » John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872)

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