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1918
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Wilson's 14 Points
President Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech. A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Battle of Bear Valley
U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. -
First Daylight Savings
The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31). -
Sedition Act of 1918
The act made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" -
Postal Airmail Expansion
The United States Post Office Department (later renamed the United States Postal Service) begins the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC) -
Spanish Flu becomes a Pandemic
The "Spanish flu" becomes pandemic. Over 30 million people die in the following 6 months. -
Total Solar Eclipse
The eclipse was viewable across the entire contiguous United States, an event which would not occur again until the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. -
World Series
The Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs for the 1918 World Series championship, their last World Series win until 2004. -
Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia
The SS Princess Sophia sinks on Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, Alaska; 353 people die in the greatest maritime disaster in the Pacific Northwest. -
WWI Ends
WWI also considered the Great War ended with Germany signing an armistice agreement with the Allies.