1918 events

First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. Date: June 24, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana. Date: June 22, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. Date: June 10, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

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…

World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Date: June 1, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. Date: May 29, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. Date: May 28, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. Date: May 26, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. Date: May 16, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This…

The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from Russian troops. Date: May 15, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)