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1918 was the year World War 1 ended. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for no more fighting / peace) that had been prepared by France and Britain. At the beginning of 1918 Germany was in a very strong position and expected to win the war.
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Britain's first automatic traffic lights are developed experimentally in Wolverhampton.
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British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on it's maiden long - range flight resulting in the loss of 48 lives.
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Conflict between China and Japan in the battle of Shanghai.
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Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco bay
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An American Newspaper editor, Walter Biggert, brutally killed in a gangland murder plot.
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A tropical cyclone hits Cairns.
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Two jockeys killed and two injured at a horse racing accident in Morphett Vale Racecourse, Adelaide.
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The Niagara Bridge located in Niagara Falls, New York, collapses due to a severe ice jam.
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71 people die across Victoria, in one of Australia's biggest bush fires in history.