Chemical Engineering - 1918
- Albert Einstein announces his theory on relativity.
(1915)
- Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat.
(1915)
- Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic.
(1916)
- Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to Congress.
(1916)
- Easter rebellion in Ireland is put down by British troops.
(1916)
- April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany and U.S. troops are sent
to France. (1917)
- December 7 - The United States declares war on Austria - Hungary.
(1917)
- Sigmund Freud publishes Introduction to Psychoanalysis.
(1917)
- The first Pulitzer Prizes are
awarded. (1917)
- Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is
executed for being a spy. (1917)
- Russian revolutionaries execute the former czar and his family.
(1918)
- Worldwide influenza
epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead.
In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish. (1918)
- Daylight savings time is introduced.
(1918)
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