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Gianni Schicchi is an Italian opera by Giacomo Puccini completed in 1918. It’s notable for its comedic exploration of a family attempting to inherit a wealthy estate, employing elements of Verismo realism. The work features memorable music and offers entertainment for audiences interested in operati...

The Dada Manifesto was written by the Romanian-born poet Tristan Tzara and published in Zürich in 1918. In this document, Tzara articulated the foundational principles of the Dada movement, an avant-garde artistic movement that emerged during the chaos of World War I. The manifesto rejects tradition...

César Vallejo’s *The Black Heralds* is a 1918 poetry collection marking his debut as a published author. It showcases a profoundly unsettling and intensely personal style that quickly established Vallejo as a pivotal figure in modernist literature. The work explores themes of suffering, alienation,...

The "Dada Manifesto 1918" is a foundational document of the Dada art movement, written and delivered by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara in Zürich, Switzerland. The text defines the movement's anti-rational, anti-bourgeois, and anti-art stance as a direct reaction to the horrors of World War I. It remain...

My Antonia is a Western novel by Willa Cather chronicling the life of Antonia Shimerda, a Czech immigrant woman in Nebraska during the early 20th century. The story details her struggles and triumphs on the prairie alongside her family and neighbors. It offers a poignant look at pioneer life and the...

USS Cyclops was a United States Navy collier used to transport bulk cargo, particularly coal, for naval operations. The ship disappeared in the Atlantic after leaving Barbados in March 1918, while carrying manganese ore and 306 crew members and passengers; neither the vessel nor confirmed wreckage h...

Il tabarro tells the tragic story of a gondolier and his lover in late 19th-century Venice. Giacomo Puccini’s 1918 opera is a cornerstone of Italian verismo, showcasing raw emotion and social realism. It’s notable for its powerful music and explores themes of forbidden love and despair. The work pri...

*El niño judío* (The Jewish Boy) is a Spanish zarzuela in three acts composed by Pablo Luna, with a libretto by Antonio Paso and Enrique García Álvarez, premiering in 1918. The work is notable for incorporating Sephardic Jewish thematic elements into its narrative and score. Its orchestral interlude...

Suor Angelica is a one-act Italian opera composed by Giacomo Puccini, serving as the poignant middle installment of his 1918 three-part collection, Il trittico. The narrative follows a tragic storyline grounded in the verismo tradition, depicting the suffering of a noblewoman forced into a convent b...

De Stijl Manifesto I was published in 1918 in De Stijl, the Dutch art journal founded by Theo van Doesburg in 1917. The manifesto advocated for a universal artistic language based on geometric abstraction, straight lines, rectangular forms, and primary colors, rejecting naturalistic representation....

The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky is a 1918 political pamphlet written by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. In this polemical text, Lenin launches a fierce critique of Karl Kautsky, a prominent Marxist theorist who opposed the Bolshevik seizure of power. The work defends the es...

The SS Justicia was a British ocean liner constructed by Harland & Wolff and originally ordered for the Dutch-based Holland America Line before being requisitioned by the British government during World War I. Measuring over 32,000 gross register tons, the massive vessel was designed to transport pa...

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk of March 1918 ended Russia's participation in World War I, compelling the new Soviet government to cede vast territories including Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic states to the Central Powers.

Gasoline Alley is an American newspaper comic strip created by Frank King that first debuted on November 24, 1918. Initially conceived as a humorous strip about men discussing automobiles, it introduced characters like Walt Wallet and eventually expanded to focus on domestic family life. It is highl...

Beautiful Ohio is a waltz published in 1918, with music by Robert A. King, who used the name Mary Earl, and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald. The original song was a romantic popular number; Ohio later adopted it as the state song in 1969, and state law now identifies special state lyrics by Wilbert B. M...

The U.P. Trail is a 1918 Western novel by Zane Grey. Its title refers to the Union Pacific Railroad, and the narrative is set against the company's effort to extend a transcontinental rail line westward across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains after the American Civil War. The story combines...

The Battle of Megiddo was fought in Palestine in 1918 during the final campaigns of World War I. Allied forces under the British command defeated Ottoman forces through an offensive that combined infantry, cavalry, artillery, and air support. The operation is associated with the collapse of Ottoman...

The House of Hate is a 1918 American silent serial directed by George B. Seitz. It combines mystery and adventure in a continuing story led by Pearl White, with Antonio Moreno also featured in the cast. The serial format divides the narrative into successive chapters, allowing the central mystery an...