1918 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1918?
- January 24, 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People’s Commissars effective February 14(NS)
- February 3, 1918 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
- 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 9, 1918 – World War I: The Battle of the Lys – the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
- May 9, 1918 – World War I: Germans repel the British’s second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
- May 11, 1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
- May 16, 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
- May 26, 1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- July 15, 1918 – World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- August 11, 1918 – World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
- August 13, 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- September 28, 1918 – World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
- October 3, 1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
- October 26, 1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
- 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 7, 1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- November 26, 1918 – The Podgorica Assembly votes for “union of the people”, declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
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