1918 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1918?
- January 29, 1918 – Ukrainian-Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
- February 5, 1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
- February 6, 1918 – British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote.
- February 11, 1918 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- March 21, 1918 – World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
- April 21, 1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- April 23, 1918 – World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- June 24, 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
- July 15, 1918 – World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- August 2, 1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
- August 17, 1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
- October 29, 1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–1919.
- November 3, 1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
- November 4, 1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
- November 6, 1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.
- November 12, 1918 – Austria becomes a republic.
- November 14, 1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
- December 1, 1918 – The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
- December 16, 1918 – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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