British troops massacre around 400 unarmed civilians in India.
Benito Mussolini led a fascist political rally in Milan, Italy.
The League of Nations is founded.
The Paris Peace Conference began in France.
Alcohol became illegal in most states of America.
Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919 begins.
The Kingdom of Iceland was first established.
The people of Latvia gathered together to proclaim the Republic of Latvia as an independent nation.
Poland became an independent country.
After nearly four and a half years of cataclysmic conflict, World War I ended.
The Spanish Flu was reported to have killed 21,000 people in the US in the week ending on this date.
Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up.
Stonehenge was given over to the British Government by its private landowner.
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
The musical 'Sometime' put on its first performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, US.
Fanny Kaplan, a Ukrainian Jewish Socialist Revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin.
The musical 'Yip! Yip! Yaphank!' by Irving Berlin premiered at the Century Theatre in New York City.
First Woman enlists in the United States Marines.
The first US airmail stamps were issued, costing 24 cents.
The Red Baron is killed.
Nazi-German ace fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shot down his final two victims.
The US daylight saving time went into effect.
The Standard Time Act was signed into US law, introducing Daylight Saving Time.
Moscow becomes Russia's capital city.
The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic.
In the United Kingdom, women over the age of 30 were granted the right to vote.
The state of Mississippi became the first to accept the prohibition of alcohol.
The play 'Why Marry?' opened at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
41 Suffragists were arrested at the White House, Washington, D.C.
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the workers' soviets overthrew the Russian Provisional Government in Petrograd.
Balfour Declaration letter written.
American suffragist Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months in prison for obstructing traffic in Washington caused by the Women's Rights march she organized.
Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Third Battle of Ypres begins in Flanders
Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was put on trial in Paris after being accused of being a spy.
The British Royal family changed their surname to Windsor.
Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Registration of US men aged between 21 and 31 began for troops for WWI.
The first Pulitzer Prize is awarded.
The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot after acquiring his pilot's license from the Aéro-Club de France.
Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia from exile.
The US declared war against Germany and its Central Powers Alliance in World War I.
The last emperor of Russia abdicates.
The February Revolution begins in Russia.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the nation would officially cut relations with Germany.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is published.
Battle of the Somme ends.
