Famous Birthdays
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
Russian writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel Prize for Literature 1970), born in Kislovodsk, Russia
Famous Deaths
- Ivan Cankar, Slovene author, poet, novelist and playwright (Erotika, The Bailiff Yerney and His Rights), dies of pneumonia at 42, a complication of the Spanish flu
Died in 1918 1918 Highlights
About December 11, 1918
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 105 years, 4 months and 17 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Sagittarius
