WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1918
Find out what all happened April to October 1918

Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. (29. May 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)

Great Train Wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history. (9. July 1918)

World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins. (28. September 1918)

World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice. (29. September 1918)

The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; 5 lives are lost. (17. July 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)

The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. (1. April 1918)

General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. (2. May 1918)

First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. (24. April 1918)

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

World War I: The Battle of the Lys – the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders. (9. April 1918)

World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. (9. May 1918)

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

The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. (12. July 1918)

Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive. (29. August 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)

World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus. (1. October 1918)

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

World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry. (6. June 1918)