William Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-eighth U.S. President
(1913-1921)
Statehood
48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next state
- Military:
World
War I Ends
World War I fighting ends November 11, 1918.
- Photography:
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)
- Science:
"Spanish Flu"
Between 1918 and 1919, a deadly Influenza strain kills over 30 million people world wide and 600,000 Americans.
Returning American troops from World War I were bringing the flu
back home.
Technology:
The 1918 "Standard Time Act" establishes daylight saving time in the United States.
Deere & Company purchased the Waterloo Boy Company adding their
kerosene powered tractor to the Deere Company catalog.
