Editing 1918 (section)

=== June ===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-C1133, Szent István, Sinkendes Linienschiff.jpg|thumb|[[June 10]]: Austro-Hungarian battleship [[SMS Szent István|''Szent István'']] sunk by Italian [[torpedo boat]]s]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-C2280, Szent István, Sinkendes Linienschiff.jpg|thumb|[[SMS Szent István|''Szent István'']]]]
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* [[June]]–[[August]] – The "[[Spanish flu]]" becomes [[pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/conf/CRC/Grippe_CRC.ppt |publisher=[[Institut Pasteur]] |title=La Grippe Espagnole de 1918 |access-date=3 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604144218/http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/conf/CRC/Grippe_CRC.ppt |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Over 30&nbsp;million people die in the following 6 months.
* [[June 1]] – WWI: The [[Battle of Belleau Wood]] begins.
* [[June 4]] – RMS ''Kenilworth Castle'', one of the [[Union-Castle Line]] steamships, collides with her escort destroyer [[Yarrow M class destroyer|HMS ''Rival'']] while trying to avoid her other escort, the cruiser [[HMS Kent (1901)|HMS ''Kent'']].
* [[June 8]] – [[V603 Aquilae]], the brightest [[nova]] observed since [[Kepler's Supernova|Kepler's]] of [[1604]], is discovered.
* [[June 10]] – WWI: The [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] [[SMS Szent István|SMS ''Szent István'']] is sunk by two Italian [[MAS (boat)|MAS]] motor [[torpedo boat]]s off the [[Dalmatia]]n coast.
* [[June 12]]
** [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Michael of Russia]] is murdered, thereby becoming the first of the Romanovs to be killed by the Bolsheviks.
** WWI: The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit in France is carried out.
* [[June 16]] – The [[Declaration to the Seven]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] government response to a memorandum issued anonymously by seven [[Syria]]n notables, is published.
* [[June 22]] – Suspects in the [[Chicago]] Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called [[Mickey Finn (drugs)|Mickey Finn]].
* [[June 29]] – [[Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries]] opens in New York; Brazil is the only international exhibitor and the exposition closes at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/06/30/archives/crowds-see-opening-of-trade-exposition-police-commissioner-enright.html|title=CROWDS SEE OPENING OF TRADE EXPOSITION; Police Commissioner Enright Receives Keys for City at Formal Opening. PERMANENT SHOW PLANNED Borough President Bruckner Thanks Promoters for Choosing Site in the Bronx.|date=June 30, 1918|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 2, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>