VIDEO: U.S. Troops Celebrate the First “Veterans Day” in 1918, 100 Years Ago

Alex Griffith

Before Veterans Day, it was Armistice Day, commemorating the surrender of Germany in WWI. Watch our “doughboys” get the news of their victory in the trenches.

Today in History: Born on April 9

1583

Hugo Grotius, Dutch statesman and scholar.

1794

Matthew C. Perry, American naval officer, opened Japan to trade with the west.

1827

Lew Wallace, Civil War general, lawyer, diplomat and author of Ben Hur.

1867

A.E. (George William Russell), Irish poet and mystic.

1880

Frances Perkins, U.S. labor secretary, first female cabinet member.

1903

Clare Boothe Luce, reporter, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

1917

Robert B. Woodward, synthetic chemist.

1932

Omar Sharif (Michael Shalhoub), actor (Dr. Zhivago).

1934

David Halberstam, New York Times correspondent, author, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1964.

1941

Paul Theroux, author (The Great Railway Bazaar).

VIDEO: U.S. Troops Celebrate the First “Veterans Day” in 1918, 100 Years Ago

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