Date: October 9, 1918
SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. Date: February 5, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918RMS Carpathia…
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. Date: April 9, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On…
General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for…
Estonian Declaration of Independence. Date: February 24, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Egyptian Expeditionary Force Captures Damascus, October 1, 1918World War I: Battle of the Lys, Portuguese Corps Crushed, April 9, 1918Russia Signs…
Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds. Date: March 16, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin Begins: Australian…
Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths. Date: November 1, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This…