WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1918
Find out what all happened September to November 1918

An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which were still being found as of 2007. (4. October 1918)

Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. (10. September 1918)

Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations. (26. October 1918)

The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19. (29. October 1918)

The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East. (30. October 1918)

The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia. (26. November 1918)

Mehmed Talat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman participation in World War I. (13. October 1918)

Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. (11. November 1918)

Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria. (7. November 1918)

King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. (3. October 1918)

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic. (9. November 1918)

World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice. (29. September 1918)

Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. (13. November 1918)

World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor. (8. October 1918)

Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths. (1. November 1918)

The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed. (6. November 1918)

Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania. (28. November 1918)

World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins. (28. September 1918)

World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy. (4. November 1918)

Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia. (5. September 1918)

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