December 21, 1918
Armenian forces capture Sadakhlo, forcing Varden Tsulukidze to step down as commander of the Georgian forces in Borchaly Uyezd, Georgia. He will be and replaced by Abel Makashvili. The same day, a Georgian force lead by Valiko Jugheli captures Katharinenfeld, retaking guns and equipment lost in earlier attacks.
The National Library of Estonia is established.
The Scouts Battalion is established in Viljandi, Estonia to combat the Red Army.
The rail line food service Norsk Spisevognselskap is founded in Oslo to provide rail car restaurant service for the Norwegian Trunk Railway.
Born Today:
Donald Regan, American public servant, 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury and 11th White House Chief of Staff, in Cambridge, Massachusetts (died 2003).
Kurt Waldheim, Austrian state leader, 9th President of Austria and fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations, in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Austria (died 2007).
Died Today:
Prince Konrad, Austrian state leader, 20th Minister-President of Austria (born 1863).
Walter Hines Page, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1913 to 1918 (born 1855).
Hobey Baker, American football and hockey player, quarterback for the Princeton Tigers football team and right wing for the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team from 1906 to 1916, recipient of the Croix de Guerre for action with the 13th Aero Squadron in World War One, is killed in a plane crash (born 1892).
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