\u2022 October 1 \u2013 Start of a statewide scrap drive. Nine men were killed when their B-17 bomber crashed east of Big Sandy.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 7 \u2013 A pilot was killed when his fighter plane crashed east of Stockett.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 9 \u2013 Antelope season ended after 657 antelope were harvested statewide.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 11 \u2013 Three Gore Field fliers were killed in a B-24 crash at Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 13 \u2013 Italy declared war on Germany.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 14 \u2013 One passenger died, and 58 were injured when the Milwaukee Road Olympian train derailed near Miles City after the tracks washed out. Most of the victims were servicemen and WACs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 16 \u2013 A fire in Billings caused $170,000 damage to the Stockman’s Bar, the Elks Club, and the Midland Bank Building.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 20 \u2013 Two dead, two injured in a Billings house fire.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 23 \u2013 A fighter pilot was killed in a crash near Lewistown. A hit-and-run driver killed a Billings woman.<\/p>\n
\u2022 October 28 \u2013 Havre hosted 400 Farm Union delegates.<\/p>\n
Montana History Calendar 1942<\/a><\/p>\n Montana History Calendar 1941<\/a><\/p>\n Montana History Calendar 1930s<\/a><\/p>\n September 1943 in Montana<\/a><\/p>\n November 1943 (coming soon)<\/p>\n October 1943 \u2022 October 1 \u2013 Start of a statewide scrap drive. Nine men were killed when their B-17 bomber crashed east of Big Sandy. \u2022 October 7 \u2013 A pilot was killed when his fighter plane crashed east of Stockett. \u2022 October 9 \u2013 Antelope season ended after 657 antelope were harvested statewide. \u2022 … Continue reading October 1943 in Montana<\/span> Learn more about what was happening October 1943 in Montana and check out\u00a0 Montana’s Home Front During World War II<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"