HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

When Il Trittico (Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi) premiere in 1918:

• Mississippi becomes the first state to ratify the 18th amendment (prohibition).
• President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WWI.
• Russia is declared a republic of U.S.S.R.
• President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for the war effort.
• "Tarzan of the Apes," the first Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.
• Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• The musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in New York City.
• The iron lung is first used (Boston's Children Hospital).
• Germany surrenders ending WWI; Allies and Germany sign armistice.
• Robert Ripley begins his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe).