Top News Stories from 1918
World Events
- Russian revolutionaries execute the former czar and his family. Russian Civil War between Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites (anti-Bolsheviks); Reds win in 1920.
- Allied troops (U.S., British, French) intervene in Russia (March). Background: World War I
- Second Battle of the Marne (July-Aug.)
- German Kaiser abdicates (Nov.); hostilities cease on the Western Front.
- Japanese hold Vladivostok until 1922.
- Worldwide Spanish influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish.
U.S. Events
U.S. Statistics
President:
Woodrow Wilson
Vice President:
Thomas R. Marshall
Population:
103,208,000
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- Daylight Saving Time goes into effect (March).
- New York's worst subway accident kills 92 and injures 100 after a train jumps a track in Brooklyn at 30 mph (five times the speed limit) (Nov. 2).
Economics
Federal spending:
$12.68 billion
Consumer Price Index:
$15.1
Unemployment:
1.4%
Cost of a first-class stamp:
$0.03
Sports
World Series
Boston Red Sox d. Chicago Cubs (4-2)Stanley Cup
Toronto Arenas d. Vancouver (PCHA)Kentucky Derby Champion
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Pittsburgh (CFRA, HF) (4-1-0) & Michigan (NCF) (5-0-0)Entertainment
Events
- Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction, Drama and Poetry debut.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry:
Fritz Haber (Germany), for synthetic production of ammonia
Physics:
Max Planck (Germany), discoveries in connection with quantum theory
Physiology or Medicine:
None awarded
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