Month January 1918 Calendar

About Month of January Calendar

• January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
  
  January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.

Historical Events for January, 1918

• Day of Week 8th » President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• Day of Week 9th » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 25th » Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
• Day of Week 28th » Finnish Civil War: Rebellion e.g Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 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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