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1918 (''' MCMXVIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday of the Gregorian Calendar (see link for calendar) or a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the Julian Calendar .
Events
January-February
March-April
May-July
August-October
November
December
Unknown dates
Births
January
- January 1 - Patrick Anthony Porteous , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2000 )
- January 10 - Arthur Chung , President Of Guyana
- January 15 - Gamal Abdal Nasser , President Of Egypt (d. 1970 )
- January 16 - Nel Benschop , Dutch poetess (d. 2005 )
- January 16 - Stirling Silliphant , American writer and producer (d. 1996 )
- January 19 - John H. Johnson , American publisher, (d. 2005 )
- January 20 - Esquivel , Mexican musician (d. 2002 )
- January 21 - Richard D. Winters , U.S. Army officer
- January 23 - Gertrude B. Elion , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1999 )
- January 25 - Ernie Harwell , American baseball sportscaster
- January 26 - Nicolae Ceauşescu , Romanian dictator (d. 1989 )
- January 26 - Philip José Farmer , American writer
- January 27 - Skitch Henderson , English-born musician and bandleader (d. 2005 )
- January 29 - John Forsythe , American actor
February
- February 1 - Muriel Spark , Scottish author (d. 2006 )
- February 3 - Helen Stephens , American runner (d. 1994 )
- February 6 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German author
- February 7 - Markey Robinson , Northern Irish painter (d. 1999 )
- February 8 - Fred Blassie , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )
- February 12 - Julian Schwinger , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994 )
- February 17 - William Bronk , American poet (d. 1999 )
- February 22 - Robert Pershing Wadlow , American record-holder as the tallest man (d. 1940 )
- February 25 - Barney Ewell , American athlete (d. 1996 )
- February 25 - Bobby Riggs , American tennis player (d. 1995 )
- February 26 - Theodore Sturgeon , American writer (d. 1985 )
March
- March 1 - Roger Delgado , British actor (d. 1973 )
- March 1 - João Goulart , President Of Brazil (d. 1976 )
- March 3 - Arthur Kornberg , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- March 3 - Fritz Thiedemann , German equestrian (d. 2000 )
- March 5 - James Tobin , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002 )
- March 9 - George Lincoln Rockwell , American Nazi leader (d. 1967 )
- March 9 - Mickey Spillane , American mystery writer
- March 11 - Jack Coe , American evangelist (d. 1956 )
- March 12 - Elaine De Kooning , American artist (d. 1989 )
- March 16 - Frederick Reines , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998 )
- March 17 - Mercedes McCambridge , American actress (d. 2004 )
- March 18 - Al Benton , baseball player (d. 1968 )
- March 18 - Bob Broeg , American sports writer (d. 2005 )
- March 22 - Cheddi Jagan , President Of Guyana (d. 1997 )
- March 25 - Howard Cosell , American attorney, lecturer, and sports journalist (d. 1995 )
- March 29 - Pearl Bailey , American singer and actress (d. 1990 )
April
May
- May 1 - Jack Paar , American television show host (d. 2004 )
- May 3 - Benjamin C. Thompson , American architect (d. 2002 )
- May 9 - Mike Wallace , American journalist
- May 9 - Orville L. Freeman , American politician (d. 2003 )
- May 11 - Richard Feynman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988 )
- May 12 - Julius Rosenberg , American-born Soviet spy (d. 1953 )
- May 15 - Eddy Arnold , American singer
- May 16 - Wilf Mannion , English footballer (d. 2000 )
- May 17 - Birgit Nilsson , Swedish soprano (d. 2005 )
- May 20 - Edward B. Lewis , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2004 )
June
July
- July 4 - Ann Landers , American advice columnist (d. 2002 )
- July 4 - Abigail Van Buren , American advice columnist and twin sister to Ann Landers
- July 5 - George Rochberg , American composer (d. 2005 )
- July 9 - Jarl Wahlström , Salvation Army general (d. 1999 )
- July 13 - Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver (d. 1955 )
- July 14 - Ingmar Bergman Swedish film director
- July 15 - Bertram N. Brockhouse , Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003 )
- July 17 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , President Of Guatemala (d. 2003 )
- July 18 - Nelson Mandela , President Of South Africa , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- July 24 - Ruggiero Ricci , Italian-born violinist
- July 27 - Leonard Rose , American cellist (d. 1984 )
- July 29 - Edwin O'Connor , American novelist and Pulitzer Prize For Fiction winner (d. 1968 )
- July 31 - Paul D. Boyer , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
August
September
October
November
December
- December 8 - Gérard Souzay , French baritone (d. 2004 )
- December 9 - Jerome Beatty, Jr. , author of children's literature
- December 11 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- December 12 - Joe Williams , American jazz singer (d. 1999 )
- December 15 - Jeff Chandler , American actor (d. 1961 )
- December 21 - Donald Regan , Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (d. 2003 )
- December 21 - Kurt Waldheim , President Of Austria and Secretary-General Of The United Nations
- December 23 - José Greco , Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001 )
- December 25 - Anwar Sadat , President Of Egypt , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1981 )
Deaths
- January 6 - Georg Cantor , German mathematician (b. 1845 )
- January 9 - Émile Reynaud , French science teacher and maker of the first animated films (b. 1844 )
- January 28 - John McCrae , Canadian soldier and poet (b. 1872 )
- February 6 - Gustav Klimt , Austrian painter (b. 1862 )
- February 10 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta , Italian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833 )
- March 13 - César Cui , Lithuanian composer (b. 1835 )
- March 25 - Claude Debussy , French composer (b. 1862 )
- March 27 - Henry Adams , American historian (b. 1838 )
- April 20 - Karl Ferdinand Braun , German phyicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850 )
- April 21 - Manfred Von Richthofen , "Red Baron", German World War I pilot (b, 1892 )
- April 28 - Gavrilo Princip , Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1894 )
- May 14 - James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American newspaper publisher (b. 1841 )
- May 19 - Raoul Lufbery , American World War I pilot (b. 1885 )
- June 10 - Arrigo Boito , Italian poet and composer (b. 1842 )
- July 3 - Sultan Mehmed V Of The Ottoman Empire (b. 1844 )
- July 17 (N.S.) - Family of Tsar Nicholas II Of Russia (b. 1868 )
- --- Tsarina Alexandra Of Russia (b. 1872 )
- --- Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Of Russia (b. 1895 )
- --- Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Of Russia (b. 1897 )
- --- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Of Russia (b. 1899 )
- --- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia (b. 1901 )
- --- Tsarevich Alexei Of Russia (b. 1904 )
- July 22 - Indra Lal Roy , Indian World War I pilot (killed in combat) (b. 1898 )
- August 1 - John Riley Banister , American law officer, cowboy, and Texas Ranger (b. 1854 )
- August 18 - Henry Norwest , Canadian World War I sniper (b. 1884 )
- September 12 - George Reid , fourth Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1845 )
- September 28 - Georg Simmel , German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858 )
- October 15 - Shirdi Sai Baba , Indian Guru and Fakir (b. circa 1838 )
- October 22 - Myrtle Gonzalez , American stage and screen actress (b. 1891 )
- November 4 - Wilfred Owen , English poet (killed in action) (b. 1893 )
- November 9 - Guillaume Apollinaire , French poet (b. 1880 )
- November 19 - Joseph Fielding Smith , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838 )
Nobel prizes
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