December 18 1918
French troops occupy Odessa on the Black Sea in order to get supplies to Ukrainians opposing the Bolshevik government.
Adolf Hitler returns to his regiment in Munich. He had been temporarily blinded in a British gas attack.
Latvian Riflemen allied with the Red Army captured Valga, Estonia, in the Estonian War for Independence.
A Georgian unit defending the retreating flank at Ayrum, Georgia is encircled by Armenian forces but manages to break out and escape. Meanwhile, the Armenians began to assault the Georgian-held town of Sadakhlo.
The first meeting of the Workers Defense Union, lead by labor activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, is held in New York City with delegates from 163 trade unions, political groups, and social service organizations.
Armenpress, the main news agency for Armenia, is established.
Born Today:
Hanna Weynerowska, a Polish-American painter who will go by the name of Kali, member of the Surrealism movement, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, in Warsaw (died 1998).
Died Today:
Frank Thornton, English actor, understudy to actor George Grossmith for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for his comedic lead roles in The Private Secretary and Charley's Aunt (born 1845).
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—Rocky Russo
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