page_title: 1918
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1918 / Births / September
caption_attribution_description: A White House photo of radio personality w:Paul Harvey being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The photo was taken by Shealah Craighead and is cropped. The White House caption for the photo is: President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to legendary radio personality Paul Harvey, one of 14 recipients of the 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 in the East Room of the White House. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
context_page_description: 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1918, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
  This year is famous for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic, that killed 50-100 million people worldwide.
context_section_description: September 1
  James D. Martin, American politician (d. 2017)
  Phyllis Wallbank, English educationalist (d. 2020)
  September 3 – Helen Wagner, American soap opera actress (d. 2010)
  September 4
  John Carrick, Australian politician (d. 2018)
  Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)
  Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2014)
  September 6 – Hugh Gillis, American politician (d. 2013)
  September 8 – Derek Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
  September 9 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (d. 2012)
  September 13
  Eric McClintock, Australian businessman, public servant (d. 2018)
  Ray Charles, American musician, singer and songwriter (d. 2015)
  Rosemary Kennedy, sister of John F. Kennedy (d. 2005)
  September 14 – James George, Canadian diplomat (d. 2020)
  September 15 – Nipsey Russell, African-American comedian (d. 2005)
  September 16 – Ismail Mohd Ali, Malaysian politician (d. 1998)
  September 17 – Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel 1983–1993 (d. 1997)
  September 19 – Joseph Zeller, American politician (d. 2018)
  September 21 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist, advocate (d. 2007)
  September 22 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)
  September 24 – Emerante Morse, Haitian singer, dancer and folklorist (d. 2018)
  September 26
  Peng Chang-kuei, Taiwanese chef (d. 2016)
  Harry Yee, American bartender
  John Zacherle, American television and radio host, singer, and voice actor (d. 2016)
  September 27
  Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1984)
  Sotero Laurel, Filipino politician and educator (d. 2009)
  September 28
  Ángel Labruna, Argentine soccer player, manager (d. 1983)
  Ida Schuster, Scottish actress
  September 29 – Peter Arne, British actor (d. 1983)
  September 30
  Giovanni Canestri, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
  Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (d. 2018)
caption: Paul Harvey
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