Date: March 3, 1918
The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. Date: July 12, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918World War I First Tank-to-Tank Combat at Villers-Bretonneux…
Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later. Date: January 29, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day…
The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air. Date: November 10, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
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) More events from 1918Finnish Defence Forces Established, Mannerheim Appointed Commander-in-Chief, January 25, 1918Darwin Rebellion: 1,000 March on Government House, December 17,…
The victory military parade by the Finnish White Guard is held in Helsinki celebrating their decisive victory in the Finnish Civil War. The day also begin to be celebrated on the Defence Forces Flag Day before it is moved in 1942 to the June 4th. Date: May 16, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
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…