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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1918.
The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Lloyd George (Liberal), Pope Benedict XV was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1918: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1918?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1918 Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
  • 04 Dec 1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside US while in office
  • 05 Dec 1918 Oil refinery on Cura?ao opens.
  • 09 Dec 1918 French troops occupies Mainz.
  • 12 Dec 1918 Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
  • 13 Dec 1918 US army of occupation crosses the Rhine, enters Germany.
  • 16 Dec 1918 Jack Dempsey knocks out Carl Morris in 14 seconds.
  • 17 Dec 1918 Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  • 18 Dec 1918 The United States House of Representatives approves the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition.
  • 19 Dec 1918 Robert Ripley begins his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe).
  • 20 Dec 1918 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk returns to the Czechoslovak Republic.
  • 27 Dec 1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
  • 28 Dec 1918 Constance Markiewicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
  • 30 Dec 1918 John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
  • 31 Dec 1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as Chicago White Sox manager.

Famous Birthday

  • Austrian President 1986-1992, lawyer and diplomat, who served as the fourth Secretary General of the United Nations 1972-1981.

  • Egyptian politician, President of Egypt and head of the Arab Socialist Union Party.

  • Russian dissident writer, novelist and historian whose work brilliantly exposed the brutality of life in the Stalin era.

  • German Social Democratic (SPD) politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.

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Famous Deaths

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in December 1918?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Oriental
  2. - The Yanks Are at it Again
  3. - Smiles
  4. - Oui, Oui, Marie
  5. - My Baby Boy

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Little Orphant Annie

Little Orphant Annie

Release year: 1918

Directed by: Colin Campbell

Starring: Colleen Moore, Tom Santschi, Harry Lonsdale, Eugenie Besserer

The Heart of Humanity

The Heart of Humanity

Release year: 1918

Directed by: Allen Holubar

Starring: Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Robert Anderson, Walt Whitman

Country: United States of America

Ingmarssönerna

Ingmarssönerna

Release year: 1918

Directed by: Victor Sjöström

Starring: Victor Sjöström, Harriet Bosse, Tore Svennberg, Hildur Carlberg

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

Release year: 1918

Directed by: Maurice Elvey

Starring: Norman Page, Alma Reville, Ernest Thesiger, Douglas Munro

The Married Virgin

The Married Virgin

Release year: 1918

Directed by: Joseph Maxwell

Starring: Vera Sisson, Rudolph Valentino, Frank Newburg, Kathleen Kirkham