Daylight Saving Time Begins in the United States, March 31, 1918
Date: March 31, 1918
Date: March 31, 1918
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: 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 β π Other events on April 23 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1918RMS Carpathia Sunk by German…
World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. Date: April 24, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 24 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Sayid Abdullah Becomes Last Khan…
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. Date: December 1, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 1 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Mehmed V Dies, Mehmed VI Ascends Ottoman Throne, July…
The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Date: February 21, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 21 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Malbone Street Wreck: Deadliest US Rapid Transit Accident, November 1, 1918First Airmail Service in…
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…