Events (100 years ago today): 1918 – World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Births (100 years ago today): 1918 – George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (d. 1988)

Births (50 years ago today): 1968 – Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach

Deaths (150 years ago today): 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1792)