Soviet Russia Adopts Gregorian Calendar, February 14, 1918

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror. Date: August 30, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day…

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 → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918First Airmail Service in Canada:…

Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths. Date: November 1, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This…

World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation. Date: September 29, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Minnie Pit Disaster in Staffordshire Kills 155 Men and Boys January 12, 1918Baku…

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. Date: December 4, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Date: October 8, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918Red Baron…