WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1918
Find out what all happened September to December 1918

San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico. (11. October 1918)

A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota. (12. October 1918)

A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles. (21. 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)

Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. (25. November 1918)

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

World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus. (1. October 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)

Czechoslovakia becomes a republic. (14. November 1918)

The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia. (26. November 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 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. (1. December 1918)

Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated. (14. December 1918)

Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. (16. December 1918)

The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom. (1. December 1918)

Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia. (21. November 1918)

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

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

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. (4. December 1918)

The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. (7. November 1918)