This was the event that sounded the death knell for the monarch. The town's death knell came in 1918. These signs were taken as a political death knell for Sun. That spelled the death knell for the American Cup. The Nazi misuse of eugenics sounded its death knell. This statement has been cited ubiquitously as sounding the death knell for trait-leadership theory. The Great Depression sounded the death knell for the liner. That move spelled the death knell for the American Cup. The original channel 23's death knell sounded in 1956. The Little Ice Age spelt the death knell of northern viticulture. This was the death knell of the partnership and licence arrangement. One of the regime's efforts to stem the tide ended up being its death knell. The death knell had rung upon the American Equal Rights Association. The advent of the automobile sounded the death knell for rail in Seattle. Mahatma Gandhi's advent sounded a death knell for the British in Kumaon.