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1919 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1919
– Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
February 1, 1919
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
April 6, 1919
– Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
April 13, 1919
– Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.
April 16, 1919
– Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
May 8, 1919
– Edward George Honey first proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later results in the creation of Remembrance Day. In the United States it was called Armistice Day and is now Veterans Day.
May 16, 1919
– A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
September 18, 1919
– Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
October 3, 1919
– Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series.
December 21, 1919
– American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Who Were Born On 1919?
January 14, 1919
– Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
January 26, 1919
– Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
February 26, 1919
– Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
May 8, 1919
– Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
August 9, 1919
– Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
August 31, 1919
– Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
September 7, 1919
– Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
October 3, 1919
– Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)
October 5, 1919
– Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
December 11, 1919
– Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)