WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1918
Find out what all happened February to May 1918

British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote. (6. February 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)

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

Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar. (1. February 1918)

Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. (5. February 1918)

The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle. (4. March 1918)

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

Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. (3. March 1918)

The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established. (11. May 1918)

SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. (5. February 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)

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

Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years. (12. March 1918)

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

The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. (16. February 1918)

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

Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time. (31. March 1918)

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. (28. May 1918)

Last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide. (23. February 1918)

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