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== Births ==
* [[January 15]] – [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], 2nd [[President]] of [[Egypt]] (d. [[1970]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Robert Wadlow]], [[United States|American]] [[Guinness Book of Records|record holder]], world's tallest man (d. [[1940]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Otis R. Bowen]], American [[politics|politician]], [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from 1973 to 1981
* [[March 5]] – [[James Tobin]], American [[economist]] (d. [[2002]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Sam Walton]], American [[business]]man, [[Wal-Mart]] (d. [[1992]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Betty Ford]], American [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]], wife of [[Gerald Ford]] (d. [[2011]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Edith Massey]], American [[actor|actress]] (d. [[1984]])
* [[July 4]] – [[Ann Landers]], [[United States|American]] [[writer]] and advice columnist (d. [[2002]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Ingmar Bergman]] [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[movie director]]
* [[July 18]] – [[Nelson Mandela]], [[South Africa]]n [[prison]]er of conscience and [[president]] (d. [[2013]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], American [[composer]] and [[Conducting|conductor]] (d. [[1990]])
* [[September 4]] – [[Paul Harvey]], American [[radio]] [[wikt:host|host]]
* [[October 4]] – [[Kenichi Fukui]], [[Japan]]ese [[chemist]]
* [[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress (d. [[1987]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Billy Graham]], American [[religion|religious]] leader
* [[November 9]] – [[Spiro Agnew]], 39th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1996]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American writer (d. [[2007]])
* [[November 30]] - [[Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]], American actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Kurt Waldheim]], President of [[Austria]], [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]] (d. [[2007]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Helmut Schmidt]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] from 1974 to 1982
== Deaths ==
* [[January 6]] – [[Georg Cantor]], German mathematician (b. [[1845]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Émile Reynaud]], French science teacher and maker of the first animated movies (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 physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1850]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], "Red Baron", German World War I pilot (b. [[1892]])
* [[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]] – [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II]] of Russia (b. [[1868]]) and his family (executed)
* [[August 1]] – [[John Riley Banister]], 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 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 (1838-1918)|Joseph Fielding Smith]], president of [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1838]])
== Events ==
* [[November 11]] – The [[Armistice]] ends [[World War I]]
* [[Fire Brigades Union]] founded in [[London]]
* [[Çanakkale Conquest]]
* End of [[German Empire]]
* End of [[Austria-Hungary]]
* End of [[German colonial Empire]]
* Foundation of [[Royal Air Force]]
[[Category:1918| ]]
== Births ==
* [[January 15]] – [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], 2nd [[President]] of [[Egypt]] (d. [[1970]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Robert Wadlow]], [[United States|American]] [[Guinness Book of Records|record holder]], world's tallest man (d. [[1940]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Otis R. Bowen]], American [[politics|politician]], [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from 1973 to 1981
* [[March 5]] – [[James Tobin]], American [[economist]] (d. [[2002]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Sam Walton]], American [[business]]man, [[Wal-Mart]] (d. [[1992]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Betty Ford]], American [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]], wife of [[Gerald Ford]] (d. [[2011]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Edith Massey]], American [[actor|actress]] (d. [[1984]])
* [[July 4]] – [[Ann Landers]], [[United States|American]] [[writer]] and advice columnist (d. [[2002]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Ingmar Bergman]] [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[movie director]]
* [[July 18]] – [[Nelson Mandela]], [[South Africa]]n [[prison]]er of conscience and [[president]] (d. [[2013]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], American [[composer]] and [[Conducting|conductor]] (d. [[1990]])
* [[September 4]] – [[Paul Harvey]], American [[radio]] [[wikt:host|host]]
* [[October 4]] – [[Kenichi Fukui]], [[Japan]]ese [[chemist]]
* [[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress (d. [[1987]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Billy Graham]], American [[religion|religious]] leader
* [[November 9]] – [[Spiro Agnew]], 39th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1996]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American writer (d. [[2007]])
* [[November 30]] - [[Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]], American actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Kurt Waldheim]], President of [[Austria]], [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]] (d. [[2007]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Helmut Schmidt]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] from 1974 to 1982
== Deaths ==
* [[January 6]] – [[Georg Cantor]], German mathematician (b. [[1845]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Émile Reynaud]], French science teacher and maker of the first animated movies (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 physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1850]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], "Red Baron", German World War I pilot (b. [[1892]])
* [[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]] – [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II]] of Russia (b. [[1868]]) and his family (executed)
* [[August 1]] – [[John Riley Banister]], 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 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 (1838-1918)|Joseph Fielding Smith]], president of [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1838]])
== Events ==
* [[November 11]] – The [[Armistice]] ends [[World War I]]
* [[Fire Brigades Union]] founded in [[London]]
* [[Çanakkale Conquest]]
* End of [[German Empire]]
* End of [[Austria-Hungary]]
* End of [[German colonial Empire]]
* Foundation of [[Royal Air Force]]
[[Category:1918| ]]