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Died in Mount Upton, New York, 9 Feb 1918". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 14 February 1918. p. 7 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.</ref> February 15 – Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer (born 1887) March 10 – Jim McCormick, baseball pitcher (born 1856 in Scotland)
1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1918, the ...
The T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, sometimes called the Morgan Munitions Depot explosion or similar titles, began at 7:36 pm EDT on Friday, October 4, 1918, at a World War I ammunition plant in the Morgan area of Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The initial explosion, generally believed to be ...
The York Daily Record in York, Pennsylvania, released a news article on Jim McIlherron, a son of a black landowner in Estill Springs, Tennessee, who was lynched and burned alive by a mob following a manhunt and shootout with local police. [48] McIlherron was on the run after shooting three young white men he accused of throwing rocks at him.
Marshal Haynes carried arrest warrants for John and Tom Power and Sheriff McBride had warrants for Jeff Power and Tom Sisson, who were wanted for questioning in connection with Ola May's death. On February 9, 1918, the posse drove from Klondyke to the Upchurch Ranch, where they borrowed horses and saddles for the journey south to Power's Cabin. [1]
The following events occurred in January 1918: January 1, 1918 (Tuesday) ... Romanian academic Onisifor Ghibu founded the newspaper New Romania in Chișinău, ...
The following events occurred in March 1918: March 1, 1918 (Friday) ... Dolly!, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in Newport News, Virginia (d.
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed in a railroad car, ... News of the armistice being signed was officially announced towards 9:00 a.m. in Paris.