What Happened In October 1918 In History

Historical Events for October, 1918

• 1st » World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
• 3rd » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
• 4th » An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion e.g T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and
• 8th » World War I: In the Forest of Argonne e.g Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German Empire known as German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
• 11th » 1918 San Fermín earthquake e.g San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico.
• 12th » A 1918 Cloquet Fire e.g massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
• 13th » Mehmed Talat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman Empire or Ottoman participation in World War I.
• 26th » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the German Army (German Empire) called Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser William II, German Emperor known as Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• 28th » World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
• 28th » A new Polish government in Western Galicia (Central Europe) known as Galicia is established.
• 29th » The German Empire or German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors Wilhelmshaven mutiny or mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
• 30th » The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies of World War I named Allies, ending the World War I e.g First World War in the Middle East.
• 31st » World War I: Dissolution of the Austria-Hungary called Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1918

• 2nd » Herb Voland, American actor (d. 1981)
• 4th » Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 6th » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean corporal and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
• 6th » André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
• 8th » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
• 8th » Ron Randell, Australian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 8th » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
• 9th » E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author (d. 2007)
• 9th » Lila Kedrova, Russian-Canadian actress (d. 2000)
• 9th » Charles Read (RAAF officer) known as Charles Read, Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
• 11th » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist (d. 2012)
• 11th » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
• 13th » Robert Walker (actor) known as Robert Walker, American actor and singer (d. 1951)
• 14th » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (d. 1991)
• 14th » Frances E. Nealy, American actress (d. 1997)
• 16th » Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher (d. 1990)
• 16th » Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 16th » Tony Rolt, English race car driver (d. 2008)
• 17th » Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer (d. 1987)
• 17th » Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
• 18th » Molly Geertsema, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991)
• 18th » Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece
• 18th » Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)
• 19th » Charles Evans (mountaineer) e.g Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995)
• 19th » Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994)
• 19th » Robert Schwarz Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 2014)
• 20th » Martin Drewes, German pilot (d. 2013)
• 20th » Robert Lochner, American-German journalist (d. 2003)
• 21st » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
• 23rd » James Daly (actor) called James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
• 23rd » Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
• 23rd » Paul Rudolph (architect) e.g Paul Rudolph, American architect, designed the Lippo Centre, Hong Kong or Lippo Centre (d. 1997)
• 24th » Doreen Tovey, English writers (d. 2008)
• 25th » Chubby Jackson, American bassist and bandleader (d. 2003)
• 26th » Diana Serra Cary, American actress
• 27th » Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003)
• 27th » Teresa Wright, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 29th » Bernard Gordon (writer) named Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
• 31st » Ian Stevenson, American-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)

Famous Deaths for October 1918

• 5th » Roland Garros (aviator) e.g Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888)
• 15th » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 19th » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 22nd » Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (b. 1891)
• 28th » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 29th » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 31st » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

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