What Happened In February 1918 In History

Historical Events for February, 1918

• 1st » Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
• 3rd » 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.
• 5th » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• 5th » SS Tuscania 1914 6 is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• 14th » The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
• 16th » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence of Lithuania named Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• 21st » The last Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• 23rd » Last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide.
• 24th » Estonian Declaration of Independence.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1918

• 1st » Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
• 1st » Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Hella Haasse, Dutch author (d. 2011)
• 3rd » Joey Bishop, American actor (d. 2007)
• 3rd » Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi (d. 1994)
• 3rd » Helen Stephens, American runner (d. 1994)
• 4th » Porky Chedwick, American radio host (d. 2014)
• 4th » Ida Lupino, English actress and director (d. 1995)
• 4th » Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher (d. 1991)
• 5th » Dennis Roberts (footballer) named Dennis Roberts, English footballer (d. 2001)
• 6th » Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
• 7th » Markey Robinson, Irish painter (d. 1999)
• 8th » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
• 12th » Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 13th » Patty Berg, American golfer (d. 2006)
• 15th » Allan Arbus, American actor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
• 16th » Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 2013)
• 17th » William Bronk, American poet (d. 1999)
• 17th » Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (d. 1990)
• 18th » Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008)
• 19th » Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, Scottish soldier and politician (d. 2013)
• 20th » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat (d. 2009)
• 22nd » Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000)
• 22nd » Charlie Finley, American businessman (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Robert Wadlow, American giant (d. 1940)
• 23rd » Richard Girnt Butler, American engineer, founded the Aryan Nations (d. 2004)
• 25th » Eilert Eilertsen, Norwegian footballer, physician and politician (d. 2014)
• 25th » Barney Ewell, American runner (d. 1996)
• 25th » Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1994)
• 25th » Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 26th » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
• 26th » Theodore Sturgeon, American author (d. 1985)
• 28th » Alfred Burke, English actor (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for February 1918

• 2nd » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 6th » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
• 10th » Abdul Hamid II Ottoman sultan (b. 1842)
• 10th » Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 11th » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 17th » Milan Neralić, Croatian fencer (b. 1875)
• 23rd » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)

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