WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1918
Find out what all happened January to October 1918

Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia. (5. September 1918)

Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later. (29. January 1918)

World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. (15. July 1918)

Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed. (31. March 1918)

World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. (21. August 1918)

The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania. (9. April 1918)

Bolsheviks killed Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). (4. July 1918)

The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long. (3. February 1918)

The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver. (2. August 1918)

World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. (8. April 1918)

King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. (3. October 1918)

The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. (10. June 1918)

World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. (21. April 1918)

San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico. (11. October 1918)

A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota. (12. October 1918)

Finnish Civil War: Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground. (28. January 1918)

U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts. (21. July 1918)

Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales — U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil. (27. August 1918)

Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate. (30. March 1918)

Estonian Declaration of Independence. (24. February 1918)

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