What Happened In March 1918 In History

Historical Events for March, 1918

• 4th » The USS Cyclops AC-4 6 departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle.
• 11th » The first case of 1918 flu pandemic known as Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
• 12th » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
• 19th » The Congress of the United States known as U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 21st » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• 23rd » First World War: On the third day of the German Operation Michael known as Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming Prisoners of war
• 27th » Bessarabia is ceded to the Kingdom of Romania.
• 30th » Outburst of bloody March Days e.g March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• 31st » March Days named Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• 31st » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1918

• 1st » Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
• 1st » João Goulart, Brazilian politician, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976)
• 1st » Gladys Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
• 2nd » Michael Rye, American actor (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 3rd » Fritz Thiedemann, German horse rider (d. 2000)
• 4th » Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, journalist, and activist
• 4th » Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012)
• 5th » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 5th » Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2006)
• 5th » James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 6th » Leslie Smith (businessman) or Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (d. 2005)
• 8th » Jacques Baratier, French director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 9th » George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party (d. 1967)
• 9th » Mickey Spillane, American author (d. 2006)
• 10th » Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009)
• 12th » Elaine de Kooning, American painter (d. 1989)
• 13th » Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (d. 2013)
• 14th » Dennis Patrick, American actor (d. 2002)
• 15th » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987)
• 15th » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
• 15th » William McIntyre (judge) named William McIntyre, Canadian judge (d. 2009)
• 16th » Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 18th » Bob Broeg, American journalist (d. 2005)
• 20th » Jack Barry (game show host) e.g Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)
• 20th » Donald Featherstone (wargamer) e.g Donald Featherstone, English author (d. 2013)
• 20th » Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 21st » Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014)
• 21st » Charles Thompson (jazz) e.g Charles Thompson, American pianist
• 22nd » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)
• 23rd » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992)
• 23rd » Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)
• 25th » Howard Cosell, American journalist (d. 1995)
• 29th » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 29th » Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (d. 1991)

Famous Deaths for March 1918

• 9th » Frank Wedekind, German playwright (b. 1864)
• 13th » César Cui, Russian composer and critic (b. 1835)
• 18th » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 20th » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 25th » Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 25th » Peter Martin (footballer) called Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
• 27th » Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
• 27th » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)

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