Cape Town Mayor Sir Harry Hands Inaugurates Two-Minute Silence, May 14, 1918

Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist. Date: August 13, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin…

Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty. Date: January 29, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground. Date: January 28, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Battle of Lake Baikal:…

Beginning of the Finnish Civil War. Date: January 27, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Tsar Boris III Ascends Bulgarian Throne, October 3, 1918World War I: Second Battle of the Somme Begins, August 21,…

World War I: the German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19. Date: October 29, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918German Forces…

Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war. Date: January 26, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More…