Timeline January 1918

Events in January 1918 4

• 1918 The Fourteen Points Washington, United States Wilson set out war aims based on self-determination, open diplomacy and a league of nations. Germany would later argue it had surrendered on these terms and been given something else.
• 1918 Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech Woodrow Wilson outlines postwar peace principles US President Woodrow Wilson presented a fourteen-point program to Congress as a blueprint for ending World War I and securing lasting peace. The points called for open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, self-determination for nations, and a League of Nations. They later shaped the Paris Peace Conference, though many were diluted in the final Treaty of Versailles.
• 1918 Ukraine declares independence Ukrainian People's Republic proclaims full independence from Russia The Ukrainian Central Rada issued its Fourth Universal, proclaiming Ukraine a fully independent state separate from Soviet Russia. The declaration came amid the chaos of the Russian Civil War and with German military support for the fledgling republic. Ukrainian independence proved short-lived, as the country was contested by Bolshevik, White, and foreign forces over the following years.
• 1918 – 2009 Oral Roberts (1918-2009) Died 15 December 2009, aged 91 Roberts was an American televangelist and faith healer who pioneered televised religious broadcasting and founded Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma. His ministry was among the largest and most influential in American evangelicalism during the twentieth century. He remained active in the movement he built until his death.