Timeline March 1918

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• 1862 – 1918 Claude Debussy Impressionist composer French composer whose Clair de Lune, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and La Mer created a new musical language based on colour and atmosphere.
• 1864 – 1918 Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) Died 9 March 1918, aged 53 German playwright Frank Wedekind, author of the controversial drama Spring Awakening, died in Munich following complications from an operation. His work explored sexuality and social repression with a frankness that scandalized contemporary audiences. He is regarded as a forerunner of expressionist theatre.
• 1918 The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk Russia left the war, surrendering Poland, the Baltics, Finland, Ukraine and the Caucasus — a third of its population and half its industry. The terms were harsher than Versailles would be on Germany.
• 1918 – 1920 The influenza pandemic Worldwide First recorded at a Kansas army camp and spread by troop movements, the pandemic killed somewhere between 25 and 50 million people — more than the war itself. Wartime censorship meant only neutral Spain reported it freely, which is how it got its name.
• 1918 The German Spring Offensive Western Front Ludendorff's last gamble, using troops freed from the east and stormtrooper tactics, before the Americans could arrive in force. It advanced further than anything since 1914, took 40 miles, and ran out of men and supplies short of anywhere decisive.
• 1918 – 1995 Howard Cosell (1918-1995) Died 23 April 1995, aged 77 Howard Cosell was an American sportscaster known for his brash, opinionated style and his long association with ABC's Monday Night Football. He was closely linked to Muhammad Ali, whom he interviewed frequently during Ali's career. Cosell's commentary changed the tone of American sports broadcasting.
• 1918 – 1990 Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) American singer and actress, star of the all-Black Hello, Dolly! and later a UN envoy.
• 1918 Pearl Bailey born in Newport News Pearl Bailey is born in Newport News.
• 1918 Daylight saving time introduced in the United States US adopts clock changes to conserve wartime fuel The Standard Time Act took effect, introducing daylight saving time across the United States for the first time to save fuel during World War I. Clocks were set forward one hour on the last Sunday in March. The measure proved unpopular and was repealed the following year, though it was later reinstated permanently in 1942 and after.