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May 1, 1918 (Wednesday)

* The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured the towns of Sunet Nimrun and Es Salt in Jordan but faced counterattacks from Ottoman and German forces. *
Battle of Lahti Battle of Lahti was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought from 19 April to 1 May between the German troops and Finnish Whites against the Finnish Reds in Lahti, Finland. Together with the Battle of Vyborg, from 24 to 29 April, it was the la ...
– The Red Guards fled their garrison at
Hennala Hennala is a district in the city of Lahti, Finland. It is known of the Stora Enso packaging factory and the former Hennala Garrison which also worked as a concentration camp after the 1918 Finnish Civil War. Together with the garrisons in Riihim ...
, ending the battle at Lahti, Finland. Some 30,000 Reds Guards and their supporters surrendered to the White Guards and the support German detachment force. * The Royal Air Force established air squadron No. 252. * The Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College was founded, the precursor to the University of Seoul. * The Independent Voters Association was established as a conservative counterpart to the more socialist-leaning Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. * Born:
Jack Paar Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, author, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of ''The Tonight Show'' from 1957 to 1962. ''Time'' magazine's obituary of Paar repo ...
, American TV personality, host of '' The Tonight Show'' from 1957 to 1962, in
Canton, Ohio Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and ...
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
) * Died:
Grove Karl Gilbert Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist. Biography Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York and graduated from the University of Rochester. D ...
, American geologist, discoverer of the Meteor Crater in Arizona (b.
1843 Events January–March * January ** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. ** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...
)


May 2, 1918 (Thursday)

*
Vyborg massacre The Vyborg massacre was the killing of approximately 360 to 420 Russians in the town of Vyborg during the Finnish Civil War in April–May 1918. The massacre took place during and after the Battle of Vyborg as the White Guards captured the town ...
– News of the murder of hundreds of Red Guard prisoners and civilians by White Guard militia in Vyborg, Finland reached White Guard commander
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...
, He ordered an immediate investigation. * German submarine was sunk by depth charges from three Royal Navy ships with the loss of all 22 crew. * Died: Jüri Vilms, Estonian politician, first deputy prime minister of Estonia (executed) (b.
1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...
)


May 3, 1918 (Friday)

*
Vyborg massacre The Vyborg massacre was the killing of approximately 360 to 420 Russians in the town of Vyborg during the Finnish Civil War in April–May 1918. The massacre took place during and after the Battle of Vyborg as the White Guards captured the town ...
– Finnish commander
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...
sent a telegram to the town commandment in Vyborg, Finland with an order to stop the massacre of Red Guard prisoners and ethnic Russians civilians in the town. In all, by the time the violence stopped, 1,200 people had been shot dead, including more than 800 Red Guard prisoners and between 360 and 420 civilians of Russian or affiliated ethnicity. *
Battle of Ahvenkoski The Battle of Ahvenkoski was fought during the Finnish Civil War between 10April and 5May 1918 at Ahvenkoski ( sv, Abborfors; ), Finland between the German Empire and the Red Guards () of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly k ...
– With the Kymi Valley now the last stronghold for the Red Guards in Finland, negotiations for surrender began with the Germans. * The Soviet Red Army established the 6th Rifle Division in Gdov, Russia. * Official war artist William Orpen opened his exhibition ''War'' in London and later donated the paintings to the British government. He was knighted in June. * New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield married her long-time partner John Middleton Murry at the
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in London. * The
University of the Philippines Cebu The University of the Philippines Cebu (; ; also referred to as UPC or UP Cebu) is a public research university and the youngest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System located in Cebu City, the capital city of Cebu pr ...
was established in Cebu, Philippines along with a preparatory school for students entering university. * Born:
Richard Dudman Richard Beebe Dudman (May 3, 1918 – August 3, 2017) was an American journalist who spent 31 years with the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' during which time he covered Fidel Castro's insurgency in Cuba, the assassination of President John F. Ken ...
, American journalist, member of the editorial staff for the ''
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'' for over thirty years, in
Centerville, Iowa Centerville is a city in and the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa, Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,412 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, a decline from 5,924 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. After ...
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); Ted Bates, English football player,
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for Southampton from 1937 to 1953 and manager from 1955 to 1973, in Thetford, England (d.
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);
Mona Inglesby Mona Inglesby (3 May 1918 – 6 October 2006), was a British ballet dancer, choreographer, director of the touring company International Ballet, and the person who saved the Sergeyev Collection for posterity. Early life and training Mona Ing ...
, British ballet dancer and choreographer, director of
International Ballet International Ballet was a British ballet company that operated, with great success, between 1941 and 1953. Its director throughout its existence was Mona Inglesby, who was also its principal ballerina. Although it was Britain's largest ballet c ...
, in London (d.
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) * Died:
Derwas Cumming Derwas Goring Charles "Dave" Cumming (29 September 1891 – 3 May 1918) was an Australian rules footballer and soldier who was killed in the First World War. Born in Millicent, South Australia, Cumming moved to Western Australia with his fami ...
, Australian football player, forward for the Perth Football Club from 1907 to 1910, 1914 and Melbourne University Football Club from 1911 to 1912, recipient of the Military Cross (died from wounds sustained at the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux) (b.
1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
); John Chase, American army medical officer, commander of the
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during the Colorado Labor Wars and the Ludlow Massacre (b.
1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...
)


May 4, 1918 (Saturday)

* The Egyptian Expeditionary Force retreated back to the Jordan Valley after failing to hold the towns of Sunet Nimrun and Es Salt, suffering 1,784 casualties while inflicting over 2,000 on the Ottomans. * Soviet Russia established the Belomorsky, North Caucasus, and Volga Military Districts. * The
Senate of Finland The Senate of Finland ( fi, Suomen senaatti, sv, Senaten för Finland) combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Finland from 1917 to 1918. The body that would beco ...
was re-established in Vaasa, Finland. *
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was established as the provincial governing body of the sport in Hamilton, Ontario. * Born:
Kakuei Tanaka was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives from 1947 Japanese general election, 1947 to 1990 Japanese general election, 1990, and was Prime Minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974. After ...
, Japanese state leader, 40th Prime Minister of Japan, in Nishiyama, Niigata,
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) * Died: Howard Burnham, American engineer and spy, collected intelligence for France while conducting mining surveying work in the Alps during World War I, brother to Frederick Russell Burnham (b.
1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...
)


May 5, 1918 (Sunday)

*
Battle of Ahvenkoski The Battle of Ahvenkoski was fought during the Finnish Civil War between 10April and 5May 1918 at Ahvenkoski ( sv, Abborfors; ), Finland between the German Empire and the Red Guards () of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly k ...
– The final force Red Guards of Finland surrendered at
Ahvenkoski Ahvenkoski ( sv, Abborfors) is a historical site in the Kymenlaakso region, Finland, located by the westernmost branch of the river Kymijoki. It consists of the Vähä-Ahvenkoski (Swedish: ''Lillabborfors'') village in Loviisa and the Ahvenkoski ...
, Finland, with 800 soldiers laying down their arms to the German detachment force in Finland. The battle became the final military action of the Finnish Civil War. * An estimated 15,000 people attended an anti-conscription meeting in
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, Ireland, where
John Dillon John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political disposition Dillon was an a ...
, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and Éamon de Valera of Sinn Féin shared the platform in a united cause against
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. * German submarine was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 34 crew. * German submarine disappeared after being seen in the Mediterranean Sea east of
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, with all 33 crew lost. * The United States Army established the
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to support the American Expeditionary Forces on the
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. * Mary Pickford starred in '' M'Liss'', a remake of a 1915 film. It was directed by
Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958) was an American actor. Early life Born in San Bernardino, California, Neilan was known by most as "Mickey." Following the death of his father, the eleven-year-old Mickey N ...
and adapted by screenwriter Frances Marion from the short story by Bret Harte. * The village of
Galahad, Alberta Galahad is a hamlet in east-central Alberta, Canada within Flagstaff County. It is located just a few miles north of the Battle River valley on a former Canadian National rail line. The hamlet was originally incorporated as a village on May 5, 19 ...
was established. * Born:
Egidio Galea Egidio Galea (5 May 1918 – 3 January 2005) was a Maltese Augustinian Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator, and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism in Italy during World War II. He was a close aide to the Iris ...
, Maltese clergy, member of the
Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany was a component of German resistance to Nazism and of Resistance during World War II. The role of the Catholic Church during the Nazi years remains a matter of much contention. From the outset of Nazi rule in ...
during World War II, in Birgu, Malta (d.
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) * Died: Bertha Palmer, American philanthropist, noted contributor to
The Women's Building The Women's Building is a women-led non-profit arts and education community center located in San Francisco, California, which advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. The four-story building rents to multiple tenants an ...
at the Chicago World's Fair, wife to business leader
Potter Palmer Potter Palmer (May 20, 1826 – May 4, 1902) was an American businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street in Chicago. Born in Albany County, New York,1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...
)


May 6, 1918 (Monday)

* Nicaragua declared war on the Central Powers. * The
Don Cossacks Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...
under command of Pyotr Krasnov captured
Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
in what was then the
Don Soviet Republic The Don Soviet Republic () was a short-lived Soviet republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that existed from March to May 1918. Claiming the territory of the Don Host Oblast, the republic was proclaimed in March 1918 after ...
, allowing German forces to occupy the city two days later. The area was later incorporated into the Don Republic. * The United States Navy established the Coco Solo naval station near Cativá, Panama as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. * Born: Eva Kolstad, Norwegian politician and activist, promoter of women's rights in Norway and internationally, 18th Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 1969 to 1975, in Haldar, Norway (d.
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); Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Arabic noble and state leader, first
President of the United Arab Emirates The president of the United Arab Emirates, or the Raʾīs ( ar, رَئِيْس), is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The president and vice-president are elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council. Though the p ...
, in
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
)


May 7, 1918 (Tuesday)

* Romania signed a treaty with the Central Powers to end its involvement with World War I but it was never ratified as Romanian monarch King Ferdinand refused to sign it. It was nullified when an armistice was signed with Germany on November 11.


May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
, 1918 (Wednesday)

* The first Muslim-Christian Association met in
Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
,
Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
. * German submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Malta by a Royal Navy ship with all 41 crew killed. * Born:
Ptolemy Reid Ptolemy Alexander Reid (May 8, 1918 – September 2, 2003) was a Guyanese veterinarian and politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1980 to 1984. Early life He was born in Dartmouth, British Guiana
, Guyanese state leader, second Prime Minister of Guyana, in Dartmouth,
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)


May 9, 1918 (Thursday)

* The Royal Navy failed in their second attempt to seal off the German U-boat base at Ostend, Germany despite using the destroyer HMS ''Vindictive'' as a blockship. * Liberal Party leader
H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom f ...
took up allegations of the British War Cabinet misleading Parliament about troop strengths on the
Western Front Western Front or West Front may refer to: Military frontiers *Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ...
from a letter published in the press on May 7 by Major-General Frederick Maurice of the British Army. The fierce debate in the House of Commons lead to Prime Minister David Lloyd George refuting the claims and treating the issue as a vote of confidence, allowing him to win the debate and tip perception against Asquith as not being an effective wartime leader. The resulting vote was in favor of government support 295 votes to 108, although about half of the Members of Parliament were absent as they were serving in the war. *
Field Marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...
John French was appointed
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and Supreme Commander of the British Army in Ireland. * Germany conducted the first heavier-than-air raid on England since March, sending four ''Riesenfluzeuge'' bombers to
Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
. High winds over the North Sea forced the squadron to turn back only to find their bases shrouded in fog. Only one landed safely, with the other three being destroyed in crashes. * German submarine was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off the coast of France by British steamer '' Queen Alexandra''. * French ace René Fonck shot down six German aircraft in a day. * Edgar Sisson, an American field operative for the Committee on Public Information posted in
Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, began to introduce the first in a series of 68 Russian documents together titled ''The German-Bolshevik Conspiracy'' that alleged Russian revolutionary leaders Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky had worked with Germany to bring about Russia's withdraw from World War I. The documents were later proven to be forgeries. * The Royal Air Force established air squadron No. 158. * Born:
Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
, American journalist, original and long-running member of the CBS news program ''
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'', in
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(d.
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); Orville Freeman, American politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture, in Minneapolis (d.
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); Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter, best known for his landscape work of Wales, in Llangefni, Wales (d.
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) * Died:
Richard Hutton Davies Major General Richard Hutton Davies, (14 August 1861 – 9 May 1918) was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the first New Zealander to command an independent force overseas an ...
, English-New Zealand army officer, commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade and 20th Light Division during World War I, recipient of the Order of the Bath (b.
1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-p ...
)


May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
, 1918 (Friday)

* Battle of Kaniów – Around 8,000 troops with the
Polish II Corps in Russia The Polish II Corps in Russia ( pl, II Korpus Polski w Rosji; russian: 2-й Польский корпус (Российская империя)) was a Polish military formation formed in revolutionary Russia in 1917. History The Corps was formed ...
under command of Józef Haller were surprised and encircled by a larger
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of 12,000 soldiers near Kaniów, Ukraine. * German Zeppelin ''L 62'' exploded and broke in half before crashing in flames over the North Sea with the loss of all hands. The German Naval Airship Service blamed her loss on an accident, while the Royal Air Force claimed one of its
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s shot her down. * German submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by Royal Navy submarine with the loss of 15 of her 16 crew. * The Inverted Jenny postage stamp, which features an upside-down image of a Curtiss Jenny airplane, was issued by the United States Postal Service by accident. While probably the most famous errors in American
philately Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is poss ...
, only one pane in 100 was ever found showing the error, making it also one of the most prized with an estimated value of US $977,500. * Born:
Peter Porekuu Dery Peter Porekuu Dery (10 May 1918 – 6 March 2008), originally Porekuu Der, was a Ghanaian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tamale from 1974 to 1994, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2006. He was the Bisho ...
, Ghanaian clergy, Archbishop of Tamale from 1974 to 1994, in Wa, Ghana (d.
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);
R. N. Kao Rameshwar Nath Kao (R.N. Kao) (10 May 1918 – 20 January 2002) was an Indian spymaster and the first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) from its founding in 1968 to 1977. Kao was one of India ...
, Indian intelligence officer, first chief of the
Research and Analysis Wing The Research and Analysis Wing (abbreviated R&AW; hi, ) is the foreign intelligence agency of India. The agency's primary function is gathering foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, an ...
for the Government of India, in Benares, British India (d.
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) * Born:
T. Berry Brazelton Thomas Berry Brazelton (May 10, 1918 – March 13, 2018) was an American pediatrician, author, and the developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Brazelton hosted the cable television program ''What Every Baby Knows'', and wr ...
, American pediatrician, developer of the
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, in Waco, Texas (d.
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); George Welch, American air force officer and test pilot, recipient of the
Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. Different versions exist for different countries. *Distinguished Service Cross (Australia) *Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) *Distinguished Service Cross (U ...
and Distinguished Flying Cross, Medal of Honor nominee for action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, in Wilmington, Delaware (d.
1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
, killed in a plane crash) * Died:
Alexander Oswald Brodie Alexander Oswald Brodie (November 13, 1849The date of Brodie's birth is uncertain with multiple dates in October and November 1849 being possible. – May 10, 1918) was an American military officer and engineer. Earning his initial reputation ...
, American army officer and politician, 15th Governor of the
Arizona Territory The Territory of Arizona (also known as Arizona Territory) was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of ...
, member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War (b.
1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...
)


May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
, 1918 (Saturday)

* The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was officially established. * Battle of Kaniów – After a full day of stiff resistance from the
Polish II Corps in Russia The Polish II Corps in Russia ( pl, II Korpus Polski w Rosji; russian: 2-й Польский корпус (Российская империя)) was a Polish military formation formed in revolutionary Russia in 1917. History The Corps was formed ...
, the German command offered a ceasefire. Germany suffered an estimated 1,500 dead while Polish forces sustained around 1,000 casualties, of those only two dozen died. Another 3,250 Polish troops were taken prisoner although many thousands, including commanding officer Józef Haller, managed to escape. * Italian troopship was sunk by German submarine , killing 880 passengers and crew. * French Navy troopship '' Sant Anna'' was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by German submarine , killing 605 passengers and crew. * German submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Royal Navy submarine with the loss of all 77 crew. * Racing horse
Exterminator Exterminator may refer to: *A practitioner in pest control Competition *Exterminator (horse) (1915–1945), racehorse, the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby *X-Terminator, a competitor in '' Robot Wars'' Fiction * Exterminator!, a 1973 short s ...
with jockey
Willie Knapp William J. Knapp (August 21, 1888 – October 26, 1972) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was known for racing horses such as Exterminator and Sun Briar. He became the jockey for Exterminator in the 1918 Kentuck ...
won the 44th running of the
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with a time of 2:10.08. * British artist Paul Nash opened his exhibition ''The Void of War'' at the Leicester Galleries in London. * The sports Club Universitario de Buenos Aires was established in Buenos Aires. It is most noted for its rugby union team but also offered a wide range of sports disciplines including basketball, boxing, association football, gymnastics, golf, field hockey,
martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...
, swimming, tennis, volleyball and many others. * Born: Richard Feynman, American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research into quantum mechanics, in New York City (d.
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
); Sheila Burnford, Scottish-Canadian children's writer, author of ''
The Incredible Journey ''The Incredible Journey'' (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved m ...
'' (d.
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
) * Died:
George Elmslie George Grant Elmslie (February 20, 1869 – April 23, 1952) was a Scottish-born American Prairie School architect whose work is mostly found in the Midwestern United States. He worked with Louis Sullivan and later with William Gray Purcell as ...
, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b.
1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-p ...
)


May 12, 1918 (Sunday)

* German submarine was depth charged and sunk in the English Channel by Royal Navy submarine with the loss of 34 of her crew. * German submarine was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by British ocean liner with the loss of nine of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by U.S. Navy destroyer . * The
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
Sport Club Gaúcho Sport Club Gaúcho , also known as Gaúcho, is a Brazilian soccer club based in Passo Fundo, Brazil. History This club was founded on May 12, 1918 to serve the central plateau in the northern region of Rio Grande do Sul. Gaúcho won twice the l ...
was established in Passo Fundo, Brazil. * Born: Julius Rosenberg, American spy, convicted along with
Ethel Ethel (also '' æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name. Etymology and historic usage The word means ''æthel'' "noble". It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, b ...
for sharing state secrets with the Soviet Union, in New York City (d.
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, executed); Mary Kay Ash, American business executive, founder of
Mary Kay Cosmetics Mary Kay Inc. is an American privately owned multi-level marketing company. According to '' Direct Selling News'', Mary Kay was the sixth largest network marketing company in the world in 2018, with a wholesale volume of US$3.25 billion.
, in Hot Wells, Texas (d.
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
) * Died:
Rose Selfridge Rosalie Amelia Selfridge (née Buckingham; 5 July 1860 – 12 May 1918) was a property developer before becoming the wife of department store magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. A member of the wealthy Buckingham family of Chicago, she inherited a la ...
, American-British socialite, wife to Harry Gordon Selfridge, the owner of the Selfridges department store chain (b.
1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...
)


May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
, 1918 (Monday)

* The United States Postal Service issued the first airmail stamps to the public, bearing a picture of a Curtis "Jenny" airplane. * German submarine sank at Kiel, Germany with the loss of seven of her crew. The vessel was later raised. * The French Army established the 501st Combat Tank Regiment. * Children's author
L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...
published the 12th Oz book, '' The Tin Woodman of Oz'', which helped reverse a trend in declining book sales of the series. * Filmmaker William Desmond Taylor released ''
Huck and Tom ''Huck and Tom'' is a surviving American comedy drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and released in 1918. The scenario by Julia Crawford Ivers is derived from Mark Twain's novels ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and ''The Adventu ...
'' as a sequel to '' Tom Sawyer'', with Jack Pickford and
Robert Gordon Robert Gordon may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent-film actor * Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director * Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer * Robert Gordon (scr ...
reprising their roles of the
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
characters. * Fatty Arbuckle starred in the comedy short ''
Moonshine Moonshine is high-proof liquor that is usually produced illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of creating the alcohol during the nighttime, thereby avoiding detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial dist ...
'', which he also directed. Portions of the film still survive. * Born: Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and choreographer, known for her promotion of Bharatanatyam traditional dance, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan civilian awards in India, in
Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, British India (d.
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
)


May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
, 1918 (Tuesday)

* Royal Navy
destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea by Austro-Hungarian submarine , killing two of the 72 crew. * South African mayor
Harry Hands Sir Harry Hands (18 September 1860 – 17 March 1948) was a British colonial politician, who served from 1915 to 1918 as mayor of Cape Town, South Africa. He is credited with instituting the first practice in the world of an official two-minut ...
instituted the "Three Minute Pause", which was initiated by the daily firing of the
Noon Gun The Noon Gun has been a historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. It consists of a pair of black powder Dutch naval guns, fired alternatingly with one serving as a backup. The guns are situated on Signal Hill, close to the ...
on Signal Hill in Cape Town, South Africa. The ceremony inspired the introduction of the
two-minute silence In the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth, a two-minute silence is observed as part of Remembrance Day to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. Held each year at 11:00 am on 11 November, the silence coinci ...
in November 1919. * Iowa Governor
William L. Harding William Lloyd Harding (October 3, 1877 – December 17, 1934) was an American Republican politician. He was the 22nd Governor of Iowa, from 1917 to 1921. Early life William Lloyd Harding, was born in Sibley, Iowa, on October 3, 1877. He late ...
issued a hard-line anti-German proclamation (later known as the
Babel Proclamation The Babel Proclamation was issued by Iowa's Governor William L. Harding on May 23, 1918. It forbade the speaking of any language besides English in public. The proclamation was controversial, supported by many established English-speaking Iowan ...
) that stated "only English was legal in public or private schools, in public conversations, on trains, over the telephone, at all meetings, and in all religious services." * Born: James Hardy, American surgeon, performed the first lung transplant, in Newala, Alabama (d.
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
) * Died: James Gordon Bennett Jr., American newspaper mogul, publisher of the ''
New York Herald The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the ''New-York Tribune'' to form the '' New York Herald Tribune''. His ...
'' (b.
1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
)


May 15, 1918 (Wednesday)

* The White Guards captured Russian-held
Fort Ino Fort Ino or Fort Nikolaevsky (russian: форт «Ино» or форт Николаевский) is an abandoned early 20th-century Russian coastal fortification situated on the northern shore of Neva Bay in the Gulf of Finland. The fort is close t ...
at
Neva Bay The Neva Bay (Russian: Не́вская губа́, ''Névskaya Gubá''), also known as the Gulf of Kronstadt, is the easternmost part of the Gulf of Finland between Kotlin Island and the Neva River estuary where Saint Petersburg city centre is lo ...
, Finland, formally ending all fighting in the Finnish Civil War. * The United States Postal Service started the world's third regular airmail service between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Postmaster General
Albert S. Burleson Albert Sidney Burleson (June 7, 1863 – November 24, 1937) was a progressive Democrat who served as United States Postmaster General and Representative in Congress. He was a strong supporter of William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, so Wil ...
assigned Assistant Post Master General
Otto Praeger Otto Praeger (February 27, 1871 – February 4, 1948) was the Washington, D.C., postmaster from 1913 to 1915 and was the Second Assistant United States Postmaster General from 1915 to 1921. He was responsible for implementing airmail from 1918 to ...
additional duties as the first chief of the
United States airmail service United States airmail was a service class of the United States Post Office Department (USPOD) and its successor United States Postal Service (USPS) delivering air mail by aircraft flown within the United States and its possessions and territori ...
, telling Praeger, "The airmail once started must not stop, but must be constantly improved and expanded until it would become, like the steamship and the railroad, a permanent transportation feature of the postal service." * The Royal Air Force established air squadron No. 145. * The Packard-Le Père aircraft was first flown. * Construction began on the Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York City and would open in September 1919, ten months after World War I ended. * Osaka Nomura Bank, as predecessor of Resona Holdings, a major financial group in
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, was founded. * The football club
Violette Violette is a female given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name * Violette Cordery (1900–1983), British racing driver * Violette Huck (born 1988), French tennis player * Violette Lecoq (1912–2003), French nurse, illustrator and ...
was established in
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
,
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
. * Born: Eddy Arnold, American country music singer, second best-selling country music artist of all time with over 85 million records, in
Henderson, Tennessee Henderson is a city in and the county seat of Chester County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,309 at the 2010 census, up from 5,670 at the 2000 census. History Henderson was platted in 1857, when the railroad was extended to tha ...
(d.
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
); Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor, best known for Dr. No in the first James Bond film, in Montreal (d.
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
); Arthur Jackson, American sharpshooter, bronze medalist at the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
, in New York City (d.
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
)


May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1364 ...
, 1918 (Thursday)

* United States Congress approved the Sedition Act, which extended the Espionage Act to cover a broader range of offenses including public speech or expression that cast the
U.S. Government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fede ...
or its war effort in a negative light or interfered with its sale of war bonds. * White Guard commander
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...
held a victory parade in Helsinki to formally celebrate the end of the Finnish Civil War. * The Imperial German Navy recommissioned the light cruiser ''Stuttgart'' as a
seaplane tender A seaplane tender is a boat or ship that supports the operation of seaplanes. Some of these vessels, known as seaplane carriers, could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are rega ...
, the only German seagoing aviation ship capable of working with the fleet commissioned during both world wars. * The United States Army established the Third Corps to support
Allied An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
forces on the
Western Front Western Front or West Front may refer to: Military frontiers *Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ...
. * The Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party split into two factions during its fourth congress. * Ukrinform was established as the national news agency for the Ukraine, with nationalist leader Dmytro Dontsov as its first director. * Hazel Turner, a black farmer, was lynched by a white mob in Lowndes County, Georgia on suspicion for the shooting death of local farmer Hampton Smith, based on the assumption it was because of a public dispute between the two men. Turner's death was one of 13 black men killed by a vigilante mob on behalf of the Smith family. * The Shenandoah National Forest was established in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It was renamed George Washington National Forest in 1932, with the Jefferson National Forest added to the preserve in 1936. * Born: Wilf Mannion, English football player, inside forward for Middlesbrough from 1936 to 1954, and the England national football team from 1946 to 1951, in
South Bank The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial district in central London, next to the River Thames opposite the City of Westminster. It forms a narrow strip of riverside land within the London Borough of Lambeth (where it adjoins Alber ...
, North Yorkshire, England (d.
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
) * Died: Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritualist, best known for her séance demonstrations (b.
1854 Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teut ...
)


May 17, 1918 (Friday)

* German submarine was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by a French Navy patrol ship with the loss of 20 of her 25 crew. * The fraternity
Pi Kappa Lambda Pi Kappa Lambda () is an American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music. There are over 270 chapters nationally; a complete roster of current chapters is listed in the organization's official web si ...
was established at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and became known as a music education fraternity. * Japanese industrial paint manufacturer Kansai Paint was established in Amagasaki,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. * The sports
Club Atlético Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Club Atlético Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, simply known as Banco Provincia is a sports club based in the city of Vicente López in the homonymous partido of Greater Buenos Aires. The club, mostly known for its men's and women's field ...
was established in Vicente López Party, Argentina. It now has sections in field hockey, basketball, association football, gymnastics, golf, swimming, tennis, and
martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...
. * Born:
Birgit Nilsson Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide répertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner a ...
, Swedish opera singer, best known for performances in Wagner operas for various companies including the
Royal Swedish Opera Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Location and environment The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern side ...
, in
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,
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(d.
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
); Robert Shields, American minister and teacher who became known for writing a diary of 37.5 million words, possibly the longest ever written (d.
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
) * Died:
William Drew Robeson William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson. The Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church had been b ...
, American religious leader, minister of the black branch of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, father of singer and actor Paul Robeson (b.
1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
)


May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
, 1918 (Saturday)

* French Navy
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collided with British cargo ship and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria. * Royal Navy cargo ship SS Chesterfield, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by German submarine with the loss of four of her crew. * The
British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
established the 11th Gurkha Rifles for the Mesopotamian campaign. * The football league Federação Gaúcha de Futebol was established to manage all football tournaments in
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, Brazil. * The football club Ølstykke was established in Ølstykke, Denmark. * Born:
Tom Bolack Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...
, American politician, 20th Governor of New Mexico, in Cowley County, Kansas (d.
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
) * Died: Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer, known for works including ''Stabat mater'' and ''Ostrobothnian Suites'' (b.
1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Ja ...
)


May 19, 1918 (Sunday)

* French flying ace Raoul Lufbery was killed when he fell from his plane during a dogfight with a German aircraft. He had 17 confirmed victories at the time of his death. * Mary Turner, wife to Hazel Turner who was also pregnant, was lynched and burned to death by a white mob in Lowndes County, Georgia after speaking out against her husband's lynching three days earlier. Despite a state investigation that identified 15 suspects involved in the lynching, no charges were laid. * U.S. Army
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Harold M. Clark Jr. and
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Robert P. Gay make the first inter-island flight in Hawaii, flying from Fort Kamehameha on Oahu to
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. They continued on to the island of Hawaii the same day, where they crashed on the slopes of
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. Uninjured, they wandered on foot for a week before finding help. * The film drama '' Old Wives for New'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, was released to controversy with its depiction of star Elliott Dexter actively seeking an adulterous affair. Despite the illicit material, the film became the fifth-highest grossing of the year. Copies of the film survive at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. * Born: Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, known for collaborations with Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, in Amsterdam (d.
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
);
Edward Blyden Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was a Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the ...
, Sierra Leone diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations, grandson of Edward Wilmot Blyden, in Freetown, Sierra Leone (d.
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
) * Died: Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter, member of the Symbolism movement with works including ''Night'' (b.
1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ...
);
George Bent George Bent, also named ''Ho—my-ike'' in Cheyenne (1843 – May 19, 1918), was a Cheyenne-Anglo (in Cheyenne: ''Tsėhésevé'ho'e'' - ″Cheyenne-whiteman″) who became a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and waged war against A ...
, Native American soldier, member of the Cheyenne nation who fought with the Confederates during the American Civil War, known for his collaborations with anthropologist George Bird Grinnell (b.
1843 Events January–March * January ** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. ** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...
)


May 20, 1918 (Monday)

* Germany launched the largest, and last, heavier-than-air raid against the United Kingdom of World War I, with 38 Gotha and three ''Riesenfkugzeug'' bombers participating. The bombers dropped 2,724 pounds (1,236 kg) of bombs according to British estimates or 1,500 kilograms (3,307 pounds) according to the Germans, killing 49 people, injuring 177, and inflicting £117,317 in damage. British fighters and antiaircraft guns shot down six Gothas, and a seventh was forced to land in England. Germany had made a total 27 heavier-than-air raids, dropping 111,935 kg (246,774 lbs) of bombs that killed total 835 people, injured 1,972, and inflicted £1,418,272 of damages in exchange for the loss of 62 bombers either shot down or crashed while returning to base. * The small town of
Codell, Kansas Codell is an unincorporated community in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 49. History Codell was established as a Union Pacific Railroad depot in 1887. Union Paci ...
was hit for the third year in a row on the same date by a tornado, killing 10 people and damaging the town's school, Methodist church, hotel and several residencies. The third tornado proved to be the most damaging to the town's economy and it did not fully recover after the disaster. * A special anti-conscription convention was held in Dublin, where leaders condemned the arrest and deportation of Sinn Féin leaders Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith for their alleged involvement in the " German Plot". * The United States Army Aviation Section separated from Signal Corps and was divided into the Division of Military Aeronautics and the Bureau of Aircraft Production. * Born:
Edward B. Lewis Edward Butts Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Early life Lewis was born in Wi ...
, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of
evolutionary developmental biology Evolutionary developmental biology (informally, evo-devo) is a field of biological research that compares the developmental processes of different organisms to infer how developmental processes evolved. The field grew from 19th-century beginni ...
, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d.
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
); David Ormsby-Gore, British diplomat, 36th
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States The British Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is His Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America. T ...
, in London (d.
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
);
Piru Singh Company Havildar Major Piru Singh Shekhawat (20 May 1918 – 18 July 1948) was an Indian Army non-commissioned officer, awarded the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration 3245. Singh enrolled in the British Indian Army ...
, Indian army officer, member of the Rajputana Rifles during the
Indo-Pakistani War Since the Partition of British India in 1947 and subsequent creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan, the two countries have been involved in a number of wars, conflicts, and military standoffs. A long-running dispute over Kashmir and ...
, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, in Beri, British India (d.
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
, killed in action)


May 21, 1918 (Tuesday)

* Battle of Sardarabad – An Ottoman army of 13,000 soldiers invaded Armenia by taking Sardarabad and advancing on the city of Yerevan. * U.S. Navy patrol ship damaged German submarine SM ''UC-56'' when it attempted to attack a British merchant ship it was escorting in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. * A fire destroyed an airplane manufacturing plant owned by
Fowler Airplane Corporation The Fowler Airplane Corporation was an aircraft manufacturing company that operated in San Francisco, California, from 1918 into the 1920s. It was founded by Robert G. Fowler, the first person to make a west-to-east transcontinental flight in stage ...
in San Francisco, destroying 15 aircraft models and costing somewhere between $250,000 and $1 million in damages. * Born:
Lloyd Hartman Elliott Lloyd Hartman Elliott ( – ) was President of the George Washington University from 1965 to 1988. He was born in Crosby, Clay County, West Virginia in 1918. He was also a professor of educational administration at Cornell University and Pres ...
, American academic, president of George Washington University from 1965 to 1988, in
Clay County, West Virginia Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,051. Its county seat is Clay. The county was founded in 1858 and named in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the Unit ...
(d.
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
);
Robin McNair Squadron Leader Robin John McNair, DFC and Bar (21 May 1918 – 18 May 1996) was a prominent Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. After the war he enjoyed a long and successful career in civil aviation as a senior figure in ...
, British air force officer, commander of the No. 247, No. 74 Squadrons and No. 124 Wing during World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, in Rio de Janeiro (d.
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
); Karl Schwanzer, Austrian architect, designer of the
21er Haus Belvedere 21, formerly 21er Haus or Einundzwanziger Haus ( en, House 21), is a modernist style steel and glass building designed by Austrian architect Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975). Originally constructed as the Austrian pavilion or temporary show ...
and
BMW Headquarters The BMW Headquarters (german: BMW-Vierzylinder, ), also known as the BMW Tower (German: ''BMW-Turm'' or ''BMW-Hochhaus''), is a high-rise building located in the Am Riesenfeld area of Munich, Germany. The building has served as the global corp ...
buildings, in Vienna (d.
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)


May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...
, 1918 (Wednesday)

* Battle of Sardarabad – The Armenian Army Corps of 9,000 men managed to force the Ottomans back to regroup at the
Araks River , az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...
. *
Battle of Abaran The Battle of Bash Abaran ( hy, Բաշ Աբարանի ճակատամարտ ''Bash Abarani chakatamart'', tr, Baş-Abaran Muharebesi) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Bash Abaran, in 1918. The ...
– An Armenian force of 1,000 riflemen halted the Ottoman advance towards Hamamlu at the Bash Abaran in Armenia. * Axeman of New Orleans – Joseph Maggio, an Italian grocer in New Orleans, and his wife Catherine were murdered in their own home while sleeping. The killer cut both of their throats with a razor and bludgeoned them with an axe. Joseph survived long enough to be found by his brothers to report the attack. It set off a string of similar murders that terrorized the city until 1919 when the murder spree stopped. None of the serial murders have been solved. * The Handley Page aircraft was first flown. * Born: John C. Haas, American business executive, chairman of Rohm and Haas from 1974 to 1978, in Haverford, Pennsylvania (d.
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
)


May 23, 1918 (Thursday)

*
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declared war on Germany. * Royal Navy troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by German submarine with the loss of 56 lives. * German submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the
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by Royal Navy submarine with all hands lost. * British passenger ship '' Innisfallen'' was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea by German submarine with the loss of 10 lives. * The
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approved the temporary assignment of U.S. air service cadets undergoing training to the
Royal Italian Army The Royal Italian Army ( it, Regio Esercito, , Royal Army) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manfre ...
's Military Aviation Corps so they could complete their tactical training with assignments to Italian bomber squadrons during combat operations, and with the right to transfer them to American units at any time. * The Ukrainian Navy established its own infantry. * Born: Frank Mancuso, American major league baseball player and politician, catcher for the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators from 1944 to 1947, member of Houston City Council from 1963 to 1994, in Houston (d.
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
);
Walter Jackson Bate Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson (1978) and John Keats (1964).
, American literary critic, recipient of the
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for the biographies of
John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculo ...
in 1964 and
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709  – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...
in 1978, in Mankato, Minnesota (d.
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
);
Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most o ...
, English cricketer, batsman and bowler for Middlesex from 1936 to 1958, the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1936 to 1964 and the England cricket team from 1937 to 1957, in
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, England (d.
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
) * Died: Mariano Ponce, Filipino politician, one of the founders of the news organization ''
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'' (b.
1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
); Gerard Noel, British naval officer, leading naval commander in the Second Anglo-Ashanti War, recipient of the Order of the Bath and
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(b.
1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 ...
)


May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...
, 1918 (Friday)

* Battle of Sardarabad – The Armenian Army Corps failed in their attempts to dislodge the Ottomans from their defensive positions around
Araks River , az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...
. * Canadian women obtained the right to vote in federal elections. However, women identified as Status Indian were not given voting rights until 1960. * U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order to establish the United States Army Air Service to replace the
Aviation Section Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot ai ...
of the
U.S. Signal Corps ) , colors = Orange and white , colors_label = Corps colors , march = , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label = ...
. The Bureau of Aircraft Production and the Division of Military Aeronautics was also established to develop military aircraft the new air force. * The Red Air Fleet was established, the predecessor of the
Soviet Air Forces The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
. *
József Kiss Lieutenant József Kiss de Elemér et Ittebe was a World War I flying ace for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was credited with 19 aerial victories. He was the most successful Hungarian ace in the war. Biography Born 26 January 1896, Kiss's fa ...
, Austria-Hungary's fifth-highest-scoring ace, was shot down and killed in combat. He had scored 19 victories. * The Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo was established as the governing body for athletics in South America. * Composer
Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
premiered his opera '' Bluebeard's Castle'' at the
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in Budapest. * The football club
Piteå Piteå () is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River ( sv, Piteälven), at th ...
was established in
Piteå Piteå () is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River ( sv, Piteälven), at th ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. Its women's division plays in
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, the highest women's association football league in
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, while the men's plays in Division 2. * Born: Peter J. Brennan, American public servant, 13th United States Secretary of Labor, in New York City (d.
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
); Jack Wrather, American business executive and television producer, known for classic 1950s television shows including '' The Lone Ranger'', ''
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon ''Challenge of the Yukon'' is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from ''Challenge of the Yukon'' to ''Se ...
'', and ''
Lassie Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a full-length novel called ''Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fic ...
'', in Amarillo, Texas (d.
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
);
Coleman Young Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Young had emerged from the far-left ele ...
, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit, first African-American mayor of Detroit, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d.
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)


May 25, 1918 (Saturday)

*
Battle of Karakilisa The Battle of Karakilisa ( hy, Ղարաքիլիսայի ճակատամարտ ''Gharakilisayi chakatamart'', tr, Karakilise Muharebesi or ) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Karakilisa (now Vanadz ...
– An Ottoman force of 10,000 soldiers marched on Karakilisa, Armenia where it met an Armenian force of 6,000 militia. *
Battle of Abaran The Battle of Bash Abaran ( hy, Բաշ Աբարանի ճակատամարտ ''Bash Abarani chakatamart'', tr, Baş-Abaran Muharebesi) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Bash Abaran, in 1918. The ...
– After three days of fierce fighting, the Armenians counterattacked Ottoman forces at the Bash Abaran in Armenia. * The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
was established for the Democratic Republic of Georgia. * The Czechoslovak Communist Party was established in Moscow as a sort of government in exile until the Czechoslovak region gained independence from the Central Powers. * James Joyce's '' Exiles: a play in three acts'' was published in London. * Born:
Fredrik Kayser ) , battles= Norwegian heavy water sabotage, World War II , awards= St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch (twice) Military Medal Légion d'honneur , family= , laterwork= , enteredservice= Fredrik Thorbjørn Kayser, (25 May 1918 – 2 February 2009) ...
, Norwegian army officer, member of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 during World War II, recipient of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch, Military Medal and Legion of Honour (d.
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) * Died: William Pitt, Australian architect, designer of major landmarks in Melbourne including the Queens Bridge (b.
1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...
)


May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...
, 1918 (Sunday)

* The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was abolished, allowing Georgia to declare its independence. * German submarine was depth charged and sunk in Lyme Bay by a Royal Navy ship, killing all 35 crew. * The British built ''
Kyarra The ''Kyarra'' was a 6,953-ton (7,065 t) steel cargo and passenger luxury liner, built in Scotland in 1903 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company. Construction and launch The ''Kyarra'' was built at Dumbarton by William Denny an ...
'' was torpedoed and sunk one mile off Anvil Point, near
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, England by a UB-57 German submarine, killing 6 crew.


May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...
, 1918 (Monday)

* German spring offensive – German forces launched the third stage of their offensive against the
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on the
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with Operation Blücher-Yorck, beginning with the attack on Aisne River in France. Taking advantage of thinly spread out defenses, the Germans advanced through a 40 km (25 mi) gap in the Allied line, punched through eight Allied divisions between
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and Soissons, and gained another 15 km to the Vesle River by nightfall. * Battle of Sardarabad – An Armenian force attacked the Ottoman Army from the rear while the main group pounded its front defenses, inflicting 3,500 casualties and forcing the Ottoman command to order a retreat. * The Azerbaijani National Council was established as the governing body of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. * Born: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese state leader, 45th Prime Minister of Japan, in Takasaki,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(d.
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
); Frank Balistrieri, American gangster, boss of the
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from 1961 to 1983, in Milwaukee (d.
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) * Died:
Frederick Trump Frederick Trump (born Friedrich Trump, ; March 14, 1869 – May 30, 1918) was a German-born American barber and businessman. He was the patriarch of the Trump family and the paternal grandfather of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the Unite ...
, German-American business leader, founder of The Trump Organization, grandfather to Donald Trump (b.
1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – E ...
); Robert A. Little, Australian air force officer, commander of the No. 208 and No. 203 Squadrons, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order,
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and ''
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'' (killed in action) (b.
1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
)


May 28, 1918 (Tuesday)

* Armenia and Azerbaijan both declared independence. * Germany and Georgia signed a treaty at the Black Sea port of Poti, which was to guarantee Germany would protect Georgia's sovereignty from the growing Soviet Russia. *
Battle of Karakilisa The Battle of Karakilisa ( hy, Ղարաքիլիսայի ճակատամարտ ''Gharakilisayi chakatamart'', tr, Karakilise Muharebesi or ) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Karakilisa (now Vanadz ...
– Ottoman forces failed to break out of Karakilisa, Armenia and subsequently retreated. * Battle of Cantigny – The first military engagement for Americans occurred when the 1st Infantry Division attacked and captured the German-held village of
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, France. American casualties were 1,603 while the Germans had 1,400 casualties and 250 captured. * The
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for the government of Azerbaijan was established. * The city of
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was established. * The sports club
Ottestad Ottestad is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village centre is located about north of the village of Stangebyen and about south of the village of Bekkelaget, Innlandet, Bekkelaget. The whole northern part of Stan ...
was established in
Ottestad Ottestad is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village centre is located about north of the village of Stangebyen and about south of the village of Bekkelaget, Innlandet, Bekkelaget. The whole northern part of Stan ...
, Norway. It now offers association football,
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
,
cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
and cycling. * The film romantic comedy '' Bound in Morocco'', starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dawn, was released through Famous Players-Lasky, becoming one of the top 10 grossing films of the year and the second hit for Fairbanks. * Born:
Johnny Wayne Johnny Wayne (born Louis Weingarten; May 28, 1918 – July 18, 1990) was a Canadian comedian and comedy writer best known for his work as part of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster alongside Frank Shuster. The son of a successful clothing manuf ...
, Canadian comedian, member of the popular comedic duo Wayne and Shuster, in Toronto (d.
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
); John Birch, American army officer and missionary, recipient of the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal and two-time recipient of the
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, namesake for the John Birch Society, in Landour, British India (d.
1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...
, killed in action); John McKeithen, American politician, 49th
Governor of Louisiana A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
, in
Grayson, Louisiana Grayson is a village in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 532 at the 2010 census. Geography Grayson is located southwest of the center of Caldwell Parish at (32.048640, -92.111666). U.S. Route 165 passes through ...
(d.
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May 29, 1918 (Wednesday)

*
Battle of Abaran The Battle of Bash Abaran ( hy, Բաշ Աբարանի ճակատամարտ ''Bash Abarani chakatamart'', tr, Baş-Abaran Muharebesi) was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Bash Abaran, in 1918. The ...
– After two days of counterattacks, the Armenians inflicted enough heavy casualties on the Ottoman Army to force them back towards Hamamlu, Armenia. *
Battle of Skra-di-Legen The Battle of Skra-di-Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north-west of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I ...
– Greek forces supported by the French bombarded fortified Bulgarian positions at
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, Greece. * Born: Bert Corona, Mexican-American labor activist, leading member of the
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and the Chicano Movement in the 1960s (d.
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
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May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
, 1918 (Thursday)

* The
Kuban Soviet Republic The Kuban Soviet Republic (April 13 – May 30, 1918) was part of Soviet Russia within the general territory of the Kuban.Evan Mawdsley (2008) ''The Russian Civil War''. Edinburgh, Birlinn: 26-7 Its capital was Yekaterinodar. It was merged i ...
and
Black Sea Soviet Republic The Black Sea Soviet Republic (March–May 1918) was a republic of the Russian SFSR within the territory that corresponded to Black Sea Governorate in the Russian Empire. Its seat was Novorossiysk. It was merged into the Kuban-Black Sea Soviet ...
merged into one Soviet republic. * Third Battle of the Aisne – German forces advanced on Paris, capturing 50,000 Allied soldiers and over 800 guns. *
Battle of Skra-di-Legen The Battle of Skra-di-Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north-west of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I ...
– Greek forces captured the Bulgarian fort at
Skra Skra is a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately east-south-east of the state capital Kuching. Neighbouring settlements include: *Setumbin northwest *Bijat northwest *Simanggang Simanggang is a town and the capital of Sri A ...
, Greece, taking 2,045 prisoners and inflicting 600 casualties.
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casualties were 441 killed, 2,227 wounded and 164 missing. * Birmingham College in Birmingham and Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama merged to become
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. * The American Expeditionary Forces set up a second set of military hospitals in
Châtel-Guyon Châtel-Guyon (; oc, label=Auvergnat, Chastel Guion) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Prior to June 2008 it was known as Châtelguyon.France, with Hospital No. 20 serving up to 2,000 wounded American soldiers. * The movie house Rialto Theater opened to the public in Omaha, Nebraska. * Born: Martin Lundström, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier, two-time gold medalist at the
1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
and bronze medalist at the
1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
, in Tvärliden,
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(d.
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) * Died:
Georgi Plekhanov Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (; rus, Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revoluti ...
, Russian philosopher, one of the first philosophers to adopt Marxism (b.
1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyag ...
)


May 31, 1918 (Friday)

* U.S. Navy troopship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine with the loss of 26 of the 715 people on board. Survivors were rescued by fellow U.S. Navy ships and . * Royal Navy destroyer rammed and sunk German submarine in the North Sea but foundered herself and had to be abandoned. * Czech nationalist leader Tomáš Masaryk lead the signing of an agreement between Czech and Slovak expats in Pittsburgh to unite as one nation. * Lieutenant General John Monash took command of the Australian Corps, the largest corps on the
Western Front Western Front or West Front may refer to: Military frontiers *Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ...
. * American pilot Douglas Campbell scored his fifth victory, becoming the first ace from an American-trained unit. * The football club Hebar Pazardzhik was established in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. * Born: Vilho Ylönen, Finnish shooter, silver medalist at the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
and bronze medalist at the
1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...
, in
Hankasalmi Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Han ...
, Finland (d.
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)


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1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
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