November 1918

Friday 01:

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 93 dead.

Sunday 03:

Poland declares its independence from Russia.

Monday 04:

The German Revolution begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

Wednesday 06:

The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.

Thursday 07:

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

Saturday 09:

Kurt Eisner, Provisional National Council Minister-President, declares Bavaria to be a republic.

Monday 11:

1918 - Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates.

Tuesday 12:

Austria becomes a republic.

Thursday 14:

Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

Monday 18:

Latvia declares its independence from Russia.

Tuesday 26:

the Podgorica Assembly voted for "union of the people", declaring a joining into the Kingdom of Serbia