1918 in the United States

1918
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Events from the year 1918 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 21 The 6.7 Mw San Jacinto earthquake shakes southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Severe), causing $200,000 in damage, one death, and several injuries.
  • May 2 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
  • May 15 – 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).
  • May 16 The Sedition Act of 1918 is approved by the U.S. Congress.
  • May 20 The small town of Codell, Kansas is hit for the third year in a row by a tornado. Coincidentally, all three tornadoes hit on the same date.
  • May 23 First victims of the "axeman of New Orleans" in a 17-month series of brutal murders mainly directed at Italian American shopkeepers and their families; the serial killer is never identified.
  • June 8 The total solar eclipse of June 8, 1918 crosses the United States from Washington State to Florida.
  • June 22
    • Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.
    • Hammond Circus Train Wreck, one of the worst train accidents in the US history occurs.

July–September

1918 flu pandemic

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. House of Lords (U.K.), Science and Technology Committee (2005-12-16), Pandemic Influenza (PDF), London: The Stationery Office, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-08, retrieved 2009-05-06
  2. Barbee-Wooten, Daphne (2 August 2013). "Helene H. Hale (1918-2013)". blackpast.org. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Pearl Bailey | American entertainer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "Anne Gwynne". BFI. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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