Timeline May 1918

Events in May 1918 4

• 1918 – 1988 Richard Feynman (1918-1988) Died 15 February 1988, aged 69 Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He also served on the panel investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and was widely known for his popular science writing. He died of cancer in Los Angeles.
• 1918 Georgia declares independence Democratic Republic of Georgia founded The National Council of Georgia proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Georgia, ending union with Russia amid the collapse of the Transcaucasian Federation. The new state was led by the Georgian Social Democratic Party. It survived until the Red Army invasion of 1921 brought Georgia under Soviet control.
• 1918 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed First secular parliamentary republic in the Muslim world The National Council in Tiflis declared the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic following the breakup of the Transcaucasian Federation. It was the first parliamentary republic in the Muslim world and extended voting rights to women. The republic was absorbed into Soviet Russia in 1920.
• 1918 Battle of Cantigny First major American offensive of World War I The US 1st Division captured the village of Cantigny from German forces in France, marking the first significant American offensive operation of World War I. The assault demonstrated that US troops could hold ground against German counterattacks. It was a small but symbolically important step in building the combat experience of the American Expeditionary Forces.