WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1918
Find out what all happened April to July 1918

The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana. (22. June 1918)

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

Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascended to the throne. (4. July 1918)

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

World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. (23. April 1918)

The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established. (11. May 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)

Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. (29. May 1918)

World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. (26. June 1918)

The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. (26. May 1918)

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

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia. (17. July 1918)

First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. (24. June 1918)

Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day. (20. April 1918)

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

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

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)

World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. (1. June 1918)