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'''1918''' (MCMXVIII) was the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. '''1918''' (MCMXVIII) was the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade.
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== Events == == Events ==
-Below, events of [[World War I]] have the "WWI" prefix.+* [[February 6]] – [[Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom]]: [[Representation of the People Act 1918|Representation of the People Act]] gives most women over 30 the vote.
-[[File:Nepriklausomybes aktas.gif|thumb|[[February 16]]: The [[Act of Independence of Lithuania]]]]+
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-=== January ===+
-* [[January 4]] – [[Finland]] officially recognized by the [[Russian SFSR]]. +
-* [[January 8]] – [[Woodrow Wilson]] delivers his [[Fourteen Points]] speech.+
-* [[January 9]] – U.S troops engage [[Yaqui people|Yaqui]] Indian warriors in the [[Battle of Bear Valley]] in Arizona, a minor skirmish and one of the last battles of the [[American Indian Wars]] between the United States and Native Americans.+
-* [[January 12]] – [[Finland]] enacts a "Mosaic Confessors" law, granting Finnish Jews civil rights.+
-* [[January 15]] – The [[keel]] of {{HMS|Hermes|95|6}} is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed [[aircraft carrier]] to be laid down.+
-* [[January 18]]+
-** [[Russian Constituent Assembly]] meets.+
-** The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web+
-| title = Historical Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans+
-| work = World Digital Library+
-| accessdate = 2014-06-22+
-| date = 2014-02-10+
-| url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4585/#languages=deu&page=5+
-}}</ref>+
-* [[January 19]] &ndash; Russian Constituent Assembly proclaims [[Russian Democratic Federative Republic]], but is dissolved by Bolshevik government on same day.+
-* [[January 22]] &ndash; The [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] declares independence from [[Bolshevik]] [[Russian SFSR|Russia]].+
-* [[January 27]] &ndash; The [[Finnish Civil War]] begins with the [[Battle of Kämärä]].+
-* January &ndash; [[1918 flu pandemic]]: "Spanish 'flu" ([[influenza]]) first observed in [[Haskell County, Kansas]].<ref name=Barry>{{cite book|authorlink=John M. Barry|first=John M.|last=Barry|title=The Great Influenza; The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2005 |isbn=978-0143036494}}</ref>+
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-=== February ===+
-*[[February 1]] &ndash; The [[Cattaro Mutiny]] sees Austrian sailors in the Gulf of Cattaro (Kotor), led by two Czech Socialists, mutiny.+
-* [[February 5]] &ndash; The {{SS|Tuscania|1914|6}} is torpedoed off the Irish coast; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.+
-[[File:Declaration of Estonian independence in Pärnu.jpg|thumb|[[February 23]]: [[Estonian Declaration of Independence]] ]]+
-* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom]]: [[Representation of the People Act 1918|Representation of the People Act]] gives most women over 30 the vote.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>+
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] switches from the [[Julian calendar]] to the [[Gregorian calendar]]; the date skips from [[February 1]] to February 14. * [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] switches from the [[Julian calendar]] to the [[Gregorian calendar]]; the date skips from [[February 1]] to February 14.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Council of Lithuania]] adopts the [[Act of Independence of Lithuania]], declaring Lithuania's independence from the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]. * [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Council of Lithuania]] adopts the [[Act of Independence of Lithuania]], declaring Lithuania's independence from the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]].

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1918 (MCMXVIII) was the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade.

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May

June

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-C1133, Szent István, Sinkendes Linienschiff.jpg|thumb|June 10: Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent István sunk by Italian torpedo boats]] [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-C2280, Szent István, Sinkendes Linienschiff.jpg|thumb|Szent István]]

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July

[[File:Family in 1913.jpg|thumb|125px|July 18: Execution of the Romanov family]]

August

[[File:Lenin attempt.jpg|150px|thumb|August 30: Attempted assassination of Lenin, depicted by Vladimir Pchelin]]

September

October

November

[[File:Ausrufung Republik Scheidemann.jpg|thumb|115px|November 9: Proclamation of German Republic by Philipp Scheidemann in Berlin on the Reichstag balcony]]

[[File:Armisticetrain.jpg|thumb|November 11: Signatories to the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), ending WWI, pose outside Marshal Foch's railway carriage]]

December

thumbnail|right|Flag of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats an Slovenes

Date unknown

Births

January

[[File:Figueiredo (colour).jpg|thumb|100px|João Figueiredo]] [[File:Nasser portrait2.jpg|100px|thumb|Gamal Abdel Nasser]] [[File:Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg|thumb|100px|Nicolae Ceaușescu]]

February

[[File:Hella Haasse.jpg|thumb|100px|Hella Haasse]] [[File:Schwinger.jpg|thumb|100px|Julian Schwinger]] [[File:Otis R. Bowen.jpg|thumb|100px|Otis R. Bowen]]

March

[[File:Jango.jpg|thumb|100px|João Goulart]] [[File:James Tobin.png|thumb|100px|James Tobin]] [[File:President Cheddi Jagan.png|thumb|100px|Cheddi Jagan]]

April

[[File:Betty Ford.gif|thumb|100px|Betty Ford]] [[File:Holden-portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|William Holden]] [[File:Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn 2.jpg|thumb|100px|Kai Siegbahn]]

May

[[File:Mike Wallace Interviews 1957 (4).jpg|thumb|100px|Mike Wallace]] [[File:Richard Feynman Nobel.jpg|thumb|100px|Richard Feynman]] [[File:Yasuhiro Nakasone in Andrews cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Yasuhiro Nakasone]]

June

[[File:Robert Preston-publicity.jpg|thumb|100px|Robert Preston]] [[File:Patachou (1961).jpg|thumb|100px|Patachou]] [[File:François Tombalbaye 1959.jpg|thumb|100px|François Tombalbaye]] [[File:Franco Modigliani.jpg|thumb|100px|Franco Modigliani]]

July

[[File:Ingmar Bergman (1966).jpg|thumb|100px|Ingmar Bergman]] [[File:Bertram Brockhouse.jpg|thumb|100px|Bertram Brockhouse]] [[File:Nelson Mandela-2008 (edit).jpg|thumb|100px|Nelson Mandela]] [[File:Paul D. Boyer.jpg|thumb|100px|Paul D. Boyer]]

August

[[File:Frederick Sanger2.jpg|thumb|100px|Frederick Sanger]] [[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|thumb|100px|Shankar Dayal Sharma]] [[File:Leonard Bernstein by Jack Mitchell.jpg|thumb|100px|Leonard Bernstein]] [[File:Alejandro Agustín Lanusse.jpg|thumb|100px|Alejandro Agustín Lanusse]]

September

[[File:HarveyPaul.jpg|thumb|100px|Paul Harvey]] [[File:Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 3.jpg|thumb|100px|Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]]

October

[[File:Rita Hayworth-publicity.JPG|thumb|100px|Rita Hayworth]] [[File:Constantine Mitsotakis.jpg|thumb|100px|Konstantinos Mitsotakis]]

November

[[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg|thumb|100px|Billy Graham]] [[File:Spiro Agnew.jpg|thumb|100px|Spiro Agnew]] [[File:Presidente Patricio Aylwin cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Patricio Aylwin]]

December

[[File:Verteidigungsminister Helmut Schmidt.jpg|thumb|100px|Helmut Schmidt]] [[File:Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Anwar Sadat]]

Date Unknown

Deaths

January

[[File:Georg Cantor2.jpg|thumb|110px|Georg Cantor]] [[File:Dolores sopeña pensativa.jpg|thumb|110px|María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña]]

February

[[File:Klimt.jpg|thumb|120px|Gustav Klimt]] [[File:Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.jpg|thumb|120px|Sultan Abdul Hamid II]]

March

[[File:Claude Debussy ca 1908, foto av Félix Nadar.jpg|thumb|120px|Claude Debussy]] [[File:Martin Sheridan.jpg|thumb|120px|Martin Sheridan]]

April

[[File:George Tupou II of Tonga.jpg|thumb|110px|King George Tupou II of Tonga]] [[File:Ferdinand Braun.jpg|thumb|110px|Karl Ferdinand Braun]] [[File:Manfred von Richthofen.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Manfred von Richthofen.]]

May

[[File:Blandine Merten.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Maria Magdalena Merten]]

June

[[File:Patriarch Kyrion II of Georgia.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Kyrion II of Georgia]]

July

[[File:Sultan_Mehmed_V_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_cropped.jpg|thumb|110px|Sultan Mehmed V]] [[File:Quentin Roosevelt in Uniform 1917.jpg|thumb|110px|Quentin Roosevelt]] [[File:Face Nicholas II.jpg|thumb|110px|Emperor Nicholas II of Russia]] [[File:Henry Macintosh 1913.jpg|thumb|110px|Henry Macintosh]]

August

[[File:Mother Marianne Cope in her youth.jpg|thumb|110px|right|Marianne Cope]]

September

[[File:George Reid cph.3c31684.jpg|thumb|100px|right|George Reid]] [[File:EduardDukeAnhalt.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Eduard, Duke of Anhalt]] [[File:Eriksweden18894qr.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Prince Erik, Duke of Vastmanland]]

October

November

[[File:Wilfred Owen plate from Poems (1920).jpg|thumb|120px|Wilfred Owen]]

December

[[File:Sidónio Pais.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Sidónio Pais]] [[File:Zanz-Ali II.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Sultan Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar]]

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