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)
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day. Date: April 20, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends. Date: April 6, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Date: April 1, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time. Date: March 31, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed. Date: March 31, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
Beginning of the bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate. Date: March 30, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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…