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Mississippi is the first state to ratify the 18th amendment (prohibition)
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This was a war caused by World War I in Europe. The civil war was fought between the "Reds", the Social Democrats and the "Whites", the nonsocialist, conservative-led Senate. The Reds were supported by the Russian and the Whites were supported by Germany.
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He was a famous Austrian painter, Born in 1862!
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The weekly US armed forces newspaper, "Stars & Stripes" was published for the first time.
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The first case of the Spanish flu which ended up causing more deaths than WWI throughout the world.
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The first concrete ship, "Faith", crossed the Atlantic.
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The Finnish Civil War ends. The "Whites" won the war.
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US congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
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German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed.
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The first airmail postal service begins in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
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US supreme cort in Hammer v. Dagenhart rules child labor laws unconstitutional.
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The first flight between Hawaiian Islands happens.
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German troops cross the Marne.
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2nd battle of the Marne ends
