1919 Calendar
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1919 Historical Event(s)
February 1, 1919
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
April 16, 1919
– Gandhi organizes a day of “prayer and fasting” in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
May 4, 1919
– May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
June 11, 1919
– Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
June 15, 1919
– John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
June 21, 1919
– Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
June 28, 1919
– The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other side.
September 11, 1919
– U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
September 12, 1919
– Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers Party.
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?
February 2, 1919
– Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (d. 1999)
March 24, 1919
– Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005)
March 31, 1919
– Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
April 7, 1919
– Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
May 5, 1919
– Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
June 11, 1919
– Richard Todd, British actor (d. 2009)
August 9, 1919
– Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician (d. 1987)
September 18, 1919
– Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
October 9, 1919
– Belva Plain, American novelist (d. 2010)
November 14, 1919
– Lisa Otto, German soprano