A Wisdom Archive on 1918 births

1918 - January-February. 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 23 - Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physio ...

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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. 1918 - Events. 1918 - January-February. January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. January 22 - Manitoba, Canada film censor board bans comedies January 24 - a decree of the Council of People's Com ... Including:

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Andrija Puharich (born February 19, 1918 in Chicago, IL), is a psychical researcher and supportive biographer of Uri Geller. In 1983 he was granted a U.S. patent for a "Method and Apparatus for Splitting Water Molecules." This method would reportedly split water molecules into Hydrogen and Oxygen with a net energy gain, and is essentially a perpetual motion device that would violate the first law of thermodynamics. Category: 1918 births ...

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Robert William Patrick Broeg (March 18, 1918 – October 27, 2005) was an American sports writer. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he officially covered the St. Louis Cardinals for forty years. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School (Class of '36) and the University of Missouri before entering the United States Marines. He served in Washington as a result of an eye injury suffered at birth. After the War, Broeg joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was privy to many important events in baseball his ...

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1335 - Events. Abu Said dies and the Ilkhan khanate ends Slavery abolished in Sweden Charles I of Hungary allies with Poland against the Habsburgs and Bohemians Carinthia and Carniola come under Habsburg rule. After the death of Duke Henry, the duchies are bestowed by Louis the Bavarian on the dukes of Austria. From that time onwards, what is today Slovenia was ruled jointly with Austria until 1918. Pope Benedict XII begins to reform the Cistercians The excommuni ... Including:

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1918 - January-February. January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. January 22 - Manitoba, Canada film censor board bans comedies January 24 - a decree of the Council of People's Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February 1 (Julian calendar date), issued January 28 - Vladimir Lenin decrees the establishment of the Red Army. February 3 - The Twin Peaks Tunne ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Compiègne is a commune in the Oise département of France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compiégnois. Compiègne - Administration. Compiègne is the chief town of 3 cantons Canton of Compiègne-Nord (with 5 communes)Including:

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Compiègne - Memorials at the site of the 1918 Armistice. Alsace-Lorraine Memorial: a depiction of a sword (representing the allies) stabbing a fallen eagle (representing Germany). Marshal Foch's statue Memorial tablet placed at the precise location of the cease-fire signing: reads (in french) HERE ON THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER 1918 SUCCUMBED THE CRIMINAL PRIDE OF THE GERMAN REICH. VANQUISHED BY THE FREE PEOPLES WHICH IT TRIED TO ENSLAVE. (This tablet was dismantled and taken to Germa ...

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Compiègne - Historical population. 1882: 13,393 1990: 41,663 (municipal), 44,703 (total) 1999: 41,076 (municipal), 44,703 (total), 69,903 (agglomeration), urban (108,234) ...

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