February 1918 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1918 Russia adopts Gregorian calender
• 03 Feb 1918 The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
• 05 Feb 1918 Separation of church and state begins in the USSR
• 06 Feb 1918 Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote.
• 09 Feb 1918 Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe Virginia.
• 14 Feb 1918 H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad" premieres in New York City, New York.
• 15 Feb 1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• 16 Feb 1918 The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• 21 Feb 1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine.
• 22 Feb 1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia.
• 23 Feb 1918 First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as ''Red Army Day''; it is renamed Defender of the Fatherland Day after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is colloquially known as ''Men's Day''.
• 24 Feb 1918 After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia also declare their independence from the Russian Empire but as the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
• 26 Feb 1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604.

Famous Birthday

• Robert Wadlow

  American giant who weighed 12 lbs at birth and was the size of a three-year-old by the age of six months.

• Nicolae Ceausescu

  Romanian politician, an indestructible dictator for 24 years and one of history's mass murderers.

• Ida Lupino

  British-American actress with a turmoil-filled life.

• Patty Andrews

  American mezzo-soprano singer, the youngest of the three siblings known as The Andrews Sisters, a close harmony singing group of the swing...

• Achille Castiglioni
• Thomas Gallagher

  American writer whose first book, "The Gathering Darkness," was one of ten books nominated for the coveted National Book Award in 1952.

• Andrija Puharich

  American parapsychology investigator and researcher.

• Bobby Riggs

  American tennis player and champion of the Wimbledon Men's Singles in 1939.

• Charles Finley

  American former owner of the Oakland Athletics Baseball team who became an insurance agent.

• Muriel Spark

  Scottish writer best known for "the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" which was made into a motion picture.

• Theodore Sturgeon

  Sci-fi Author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67.

• Theodore Sturgeon

  Sci-fi Author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67.

• Joey Bishop

  American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (Born 1918).

• Fred Blassie

  American professional wrestler (Born 1918).

• Julian S

  Schwinger US physicist.

• Blaine Gibson in Colorado

  USA; started at Disney Studio in 1939 in animation, created hundreds of sculptures for use in Disneyland attractions, retired 1983, named...

• Hella S Haasse

  Dutch writer.

• Idwal Pugh

  British ombudsman.

• John Intoxication

  resistance fighter.

• Maurice Laing

  life president (John Laing).

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Famous Deaths

• John L Sullivan Massachusetts

  heavyweight boxing champion, dies at age 59.

• Gustav Klimt Austrian painter/cartoonist

  dies at age 55.

• Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev composer

  dies at age 68.

• Emiel van der Straeten [Delrue]

  Flemish playwright, dies at age 30.

• Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Prime Minister (1896-1911)

  dies.

• John L Sullivan

  American heavyweight boxer (Born 1858).

• Abdul Hamid

  II Ottoman Sultan (Born 1842).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. W.C. Handy's Orchestra - Livery Stable Blues
2. Geraldine Farrar - Mighty Lak' a Rose
3. Elizabeth Spencer & Sterling Trio - Where the Morning Glories Grow
4. Columbia Stellar Quartet & Charles Harrison - The Battle Hymn of the Republic
5. Avon Comedy Four - I'm Crazy Over Every Girl in France