Date: July 9, 1918
Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the two-minute silence. Date: May 14, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Finnish Civil War Ends: Whites Capture Fort Ino, May 15, 1918Soviet Russia Adopts Gregorian Calendar,…
First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war. Date: March 23, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅…
World War I: U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties during the Battle of Belleau Wood while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943). Date: June 6, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events…
Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders. Date: March 28, 1918…
World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. Date: April 21, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Emmy…
World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. Date: April 23, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Germany Repels Britain’s Ostend Blockade…