Timeline Thursday 18 July 1918

Events on Thursday 18 July 1918 3

• 1918 The German Spring Offensive Western Front Ludendorff's last gamble, using troops freed from the east and stormtrooper tactics, before the Americans could arrive in force. It advanced further than anything since 1914, took 40 miles, and ran out of men and supplies short of anywhere decisive.
• 1918 – 2013 Nelson Mandela Anti-apartheid leader and first president of democratic South Africa, 1918-2013 Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994, ending apartheid.
• 1918 – 1990 Thatcher resigns 1990 Iron Lady leaves Downing Street Margaret Thatcher resigned as British Prime Minister on November 22, 1990 after 11 years in power, following a leadership challenge from within her own Conservative Party.