The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series. The team's accomplishments were overshadowed by the subsequent Black Sox Scandal, when it was discovered that their American League opponents, the Chicago White Sox had conspired to throw the series.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0 at Redland Field, Cincinnati
The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series.
Historical Significance
The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball.
Events Before
Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland; January 2 becomes January 14
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
Russian Bolshevik Party is renamed the All-Russian Communist Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party (RSDWP) or the Russian Social Democratic Party (RSDP), was a socialist political party…
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
Fearing foreign invasion, Vladimir Lenin shifts revolutionary Russia's capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow
American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21); divorce in 1923
American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21); divorce in 1923
German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur S
German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron," is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill.
Events After
Isaac Asimov is born
Isaac Asimov, American writer and biochemist, known for american writer and biochemist, was born on 1920-01-02.
Byelorussian Communist Organization is founded as a separate party
The Byelorussian Communist Organisation was a communist group in Belarus, led by Usievalad Ihnatoŭski.
League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; French: Société des Nations [sɔsjete de nɑsjɔ̃], SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
First day of alcohol prohibition comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
Baseball Hall of Famer "Rube" Foster and seven other team owners create the first Negro National League (NNL) at a meeti
Baseball Hall of Famer "Rube" Foster and seven other team owners create the first Negro National League (NNL) at a meeting in a Kansas City YMCA
More from the 1910s
birth
Hank Greenberg is born
Hank Greenberg, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1911-01-01.
Belgian mining law introduces a 9.5-hour workday
Belgian mining law introduces a 9.5-hour workday
First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" footrace (7.63 miles/12.3 km); Robert Vlught wins in 44:10
First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" footrace (7.63 miles/12.3 km); Robert Vlught wins in 44:10
The US Post Office begins parcel post delivery
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What happened on May 11, 1919?
- The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series. The team's accomplishments were overshadowed by the subsequent Black Sox Scandal, when it was discovered that their American League opponents, the Chicago White Sox had conspired to throw the series.
- Why is Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0 at Redland ... significant?
- The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball.