Historical Events
- In Finland, General Carl G. Von Mannerheim gathers an army known as the 'White Guard' to mount a counter revolution against the Bolshevik 'Red Guard'
Event of Interest
Trotsky declares that Russia is leaving the war
Leon Trotsky
Famous Birthdays
- Gordon Pirie, English Group Captain and politician, born in Oxford (d. 2003)
- Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman
Famous Deaths
- Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 84
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta