1919 Calendar
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1919 Historical Event(s)
January 15, 1919
– Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps.
February 1, 1919
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
February 25, 1919
– Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
March 21, 1919
– The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
May 29, 1919
– The Republic of Prekmurje founded
June 4, 1919
– Women’s rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
June 21, 1919
– The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg General Strike.
July 27, 1919
– The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
October 2, 1919
– U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
December 26, 1919
– Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
Who Were Born On 1919?
January 5, 1919
– Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist (d. 1992)
January 24, 1919
– Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973)
March 18, 1919
– Christopher Challis, British cinematographer
April 7, 1919
– Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
June 11, 1919
– Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-born American composer
July 20, 1919
– Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
August 10, 1919
– Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
September 9, 1919
– Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998)
September 16, 1919
– Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born educator and writer (d. 1990)
November 18, 1919
– Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)