October 1918

Tuesday 01:

World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.

Thursday 03:

King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne

Tuesday 08:

In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.

Sunday 13:

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

Saturday 26:

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

Monday 28:

New Polish government in Western Galicia (Central Europe).

Wednesday 30:

The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East