Amundsen reaches South Pole. Girl Scouts of America founded. Panama Canal opens. U.S. enters World War I. Communists take over Russia. Explosion in Halifax kills 1600, injures 8400.
Blizzards hinder aid, multiply the death toll.
1918 World War I ends. Flu epidemic kills 20 million. 1919 First woman in U.K.'s House of Commons. First transatlantic flights. Mohandas K. Gandhi initiates non-violent reform in India.