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1918 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1918 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1918

• February 11, 1918 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
• March 11, 1918 – The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
• March 31, 1918 – Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• July 4, 1918 – Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
• September 29, 1918 – World War I: Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
• October 11, 1918 – San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico.
• October 17, 1918 – Haitian rebels attack the barracks of the Gendarmerie of Haiti, igniting the Second Caco War
• October 26, 1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• October 29, 1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
• November 3, 1918 – Poland declares its independence from Russia.

Who Were Born On 1918?

• January 1, 1918 – Edgar Price, American pilot and politician (d. 2012)
• January 14, 1918 – Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, Hungarian-English wife of István Horthy (d. 2013)
• January 15, 1918 – Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
• January 24, 1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer (d. 1996)
• April 15, 1918 – Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007)
• April 22, 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
• May 18, 1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
• July 25, 1918 – Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (d. 1986)
• October 9, 1918 – Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress (d. 2000)
• November 4, 1918 – Art Carney, American actor and singer (d. 2003)