Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1919. This year saw 178 significant events. 17 notable figures were born. 11 notable figures passed away.
The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, lit. 'Battle of the Skagerrak') was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German...
The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was an obscure far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I.
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified by a majority of US states
German theoretical physicist Physicist Albert Einstein (39) divorces Serbian physicist and mathematician Mileva Marić (43) after 16 years of marriage
Author Maurice Maeterlinck (56) weds actress Renée Dahon (27) in Nice, France
Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress.
8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo, which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev, and Nikolai Krestinsky
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – 10 November 1938) was a field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first president.
Marjorie Dumont and Lt. R. W. Meade wed by an Army chaplain; 1st wedding held in an aircraft, flying over Houston, Texas
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Future US President Harry Truman (35) weds (Elizabeth) " Bess" Wallace (34) in Independence. Missouri, until his death in 1972
Author Aldous Huxley (25) weds epidemiologist Maria Nys in Bellem, Belgium
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
Future German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (43) weds second wife, Auguste Zinsser in Cologne, Germany, until her death in 1948
KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij), Royal Dutch Airlines, is founded in Amsterdam, making it one of the world's oldest airlines
Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to the 'Black Sox Scandal', it is the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, premieres at Queen's Hall, London
The Volstead Act is passed by Congress, establishing a nationwide ban on alcohol, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945.
Actress Gloria Swanson (20) weds businessman Herbert K. Somborn (38)
Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel, but fail to prevent Serbia's annexation of Montenegro
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist party in Romania. It was founded in 1921, and became the founding and ruling party of the Communist Socialist Republic of Romania in 1947.
Dutch Soccer team OSV forms
John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham and Francis Xavier McQuade buy NY Giants
National elections held in Germany to form a National Constituent Assembly and draft a constitution
Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Féin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence
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.
The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland: troops deployed against protesters for fear of a Bolshevik uprising
Brooklyn Robins trade former National League MVP Jake Daubert to Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Tommy Griffith; result of a salary grievance
Monarchist riot in Portugal
The Berne International, by its opponents also known as the Yellow International, was a Socialist International formed in Bern, Switzerland 3–9 February 1919.
The Würzburg Soviet Republic (German: Würzburger Räterepublik) was an unrecognized, short-lived state organized under council communism in Würzburg, Germany in April 1919.
The Seattle General Strike was a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, from February 6 to 11, 1919.
The Polish–Soviet War (14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the...
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S.
Foundation NHL club Toronto Arenas are permitted to cease operations due to financial difficulties; later become Toronto St. Patricks and then Maple Leafs
The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs (English: Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss...
Oregon becomes the first state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.
1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
The March First Movement was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919.
The 2nd World Congress of the Communist International was a gathering of approximately 220 voting and non-voting representatives of communist and revolutionary socialist political parties from around...
This is a list of air cargo and airmail related events as well as a summary from the decade 1910–1919 (references to be found via the main Wikipedia links where not explicitly referenced here):
Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC
A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.
Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S.
Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
DeMolay International is a youth leadership organization with Masonic origins for young men ages 12 to 21. There is in select areas a "Squire" program for those younger than 12.
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) & Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
Austria expels all Habsburgers
Antwerp is officially declared the host city for the Games of the 7th Olympiad to be conducted in 1920; first post WWI Olympics
The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern) (1919–1933) was one of the constituent states of the federally organized Weimar Republic.
Cleveland Metroparks is an extensive system of nature preserves in Greater Cleveland, Ohio.
The International Labour Organization is founded.
British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
British troops open fire on demonstrators in Amritsar, India, killing 350
André Messager's romantic opera "Monsieur Beaucaire", based on Booth Tarkington's novel, opens at the Prince's Theatre in London, England
King Nicholas of Montenegro abdicates under duress
US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season
American stuntman and parachute developer Leslie Irvin (23) makes the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from a plane above the US Army Air Service's McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio [1]
On Saturday, May 1, 1920, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played to a 1–1 tie in 26 innings, the most innings ever played in a single game in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
Demonstrates organised by students erupt in China, after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intend to give Shangtung to Japan
Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German South West Africa to South Africa
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Appingedam soccer team forms
The Charleston riot of 1919 took place on the night of Saturday, May 10, between members of the US Navy and the local black population.
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.
New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta
Beginning of the Winnipeg General Strike as more than 30,000 workers walk off the job in the largest strike in Canadian history (ends 25 June) [1]
Alborada del gracioso (The Jester's Aubade) is the fourth of the five movements of Maurice Ravel's piano suite Miroirs, written in 1905.
Kelud volcano on Java, erupts killing 5,160
The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks
A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, South America, or vice versa.
NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city.
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor.
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) - first insurance company organized by African Americans formed
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then...
Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910
Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
General steel strike in France
Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St.
Alcock and Brown land in Ireland, completing the first non-stop Atlantic flight
"Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
Opposed to dismemberment of Turkey by the Allies, Mustafa Kemal declares his Turkish Nationalist Congress, headquartered in Ankara, independent of Constantinople
die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Gustav Adolf Bauer (6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920.
1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
NY Daily News begins publishing
Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr)
Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants
US President Woodrow Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Historically, women rarely had the right to vote, even in ostensibly democratic systems of government.
Dutch Second Chamber approves 8-hour workday and no Sunday work
The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
The Kingdom of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kuningaskunta; Swedish: Konungariket Finland; 1918–1919) was a failed attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Declaration of...
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.
De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat" premieres in London
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.
International Federation of Free Trade Unions ("Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale") forms in Amsterdam
The Constitution of the German Reich (German: Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs), usually known as the Weimar Constitution (Weimarer Verfassung), was the constitution that governed Germany during...
Hungarian communist leader Béla Kun flees to Vienna after the Hungarian Soviet Republic is overthrown by the Romanian Army
Harry Butler makes the first flight across a major body of water in Australia, delivering mail from Adelaide across Gulf St. Vincent to Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.
"Gasoline Alley" comic strip by Frank King premieres in the Chicago Tribune
American thoroughbred racehorse Man o' War's only defeat in a 21-start career; Upset wins the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties the MLB record with four outfield assists in a game during a 15-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.
Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for .505 average)
Frank King's daily comic strip "Gasoline Alley" is distributed nationwide by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, appearing in The New York Daily News among other newspapers
First scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris to London)
Ernst Toller (1 December 1893 – 22 May 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays.
John Reed co-founds the short-lived Communist Labor Party of America after being expelled from the National Socialist Convention in Chicago, Illinois
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA), officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a far-left communist party in the United States.
Italy agrees to general voting rights and proportional representation
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher.
The Boston police strike occurred on September 9, 1919, when Boston police officers went on strike seeking recognition for their trade union and improvements in wages and working conditions.
Between 1920 and 1946, a total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations. When the Assembly of the League of Nations first met, it consisted of 42 founding members.
US Marines again send troops to Honduras
Guy Bolton & George Middleton's "Adam & Eve," premieres in NYC
British regime forbids Sinn Féin Dáil
The Czechoslovak Legion were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the White Army during the Russian...
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Historically, women rarely had the right to vote, even in ostensibly democratic systems of government.
Clarence is a 1919 play by Booth Tarkington. It is a four-act comedy with two settings and eleven characters.
Legendary baseball slugger Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's MLB record of 27 home runs with a 9th inning blast in the Boston Red Sox's 4-3 win against the Chicago White Sox
Steel strike begins in the US and continues for four months
Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth sets an MLB season home run record with 28 against Yankee Bob Shawkey in a 2-1 loss at the Polo Grounds in New York City
In the fastest Major League game (51 minutes), the Giants beat the Phillies 6-1
Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers" premieres in New York City
First edition of the Dutch newspaper "Volkskrant" (The People's Paper) is published
Serbian, Croatian, and Slavic Parliament pass an accord for an 8-hour workday
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Stamboliyski becomes premier of Bulgaria
Fourteen horses begin a 300-mile race from Vermont to Massachusetts for a $1,000 prize
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.
Belvin Maynard wins the first transcontinental air race in a round trip of 9 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, and 12 seconds; the race costs 9 lives with 54 crashes or forced landings
Anna Howard Shaw becomes the first living female recipient of the US Distinguished Service Medal
Orchestra Hall, designed by C. Howard Crane opens in Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Symphony, 1919-39 and 1989 to present, also known as The Paradise Theater, featuring top jazz performers and films, 1941-51
B C Hilliam's musical "Buddies" premieres in NYC
The Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer who was active in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, between May 1918 and October 1919.
Baseball league presidents call for the abolishment of the spitball
US Army hires Canadian inventor-gun designer John C. Garand for the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts
Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio
1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution,...
1st observance of National Book Week
Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political and business views
John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St.
The Siberian Army was an anti-Bolshevik army during the Russian Civil War, which fought from June 1918 – July 1919 in Siberia – Ural Region.
US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
H. Tierney & J. McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona
15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AA Milne's comedy play "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres at the Gaiety Theatre in Manchester and runs for 246 performances
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago White Sox, oppose AL resolution accusing league president Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States, is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the...
Edna St Vincent Millay's play "Aria da Capo" premieres in NYC
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is a scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic...
Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
Alice H. Parker (1895 – 1920) was an African American inventor who was active in the early 1900s. She is known for her patent for a heating furnace using natural gas.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division.
Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
J. D. Salinger, American author, known for american author, was born on 1919-01-01.
Nathaniel Rochester is born
Jackie Robinson, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1919-01-31.
Allie Reynolds is born
Jennifer Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1919-03-02. Jennifer Jones, also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate.
Strother Martin actor, known for american actor, was born on 1919-03-26. Strother Douglas Martin Jr.
Pete Seeger, American musician, known for american musician and social activist, was born on 1919-05-03.
Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, known for argentine actress and politician, was born on 1919-05-07.
Mordecai Anielewicz is born
George Wallace politician and lawyer, known for american politician and lawyer, was born on 1919-08-25. George Corley Wallace Jr.
Tom Harmon is born
Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, was born on 1919-10-17. Zhao Ziyang (17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian firearms designer, known for russian firearms designer, was born on 1919-11-10.
Keith Miller, Australian athlete, known for australian cricketer, was born on 1919-11-28.
Robert Stack, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1919-01-13. Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor and television…
Desmond Doss us soldier and medal of honor recipient, known for us soldier and medal of honor recipient, was born on 1919-02-07.
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher, known for american publisher, was born on 1919-08-19.
Theodore Roosevelt dies
Edward Charles Pickering dies
Wilfrid Laurier dies
Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, known for american businessman, died on 1919-04-08.
Emiliano Zapata, American revolutionary, known for mexican revolutionary, died on 1919-04-10. Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader.
Henry John Heinz, American businessman, known for american businessman, died on 1919-05-14. Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J.
Madam C. J. Walker black entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, known for black entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, died on 1919-05-25.
John William Strutt, British physicist, known for british physicist, died on 1919-06-30.
Emil Fischer, German chemist, known for german chemist, died on 1919-07-15. Hermann Emil Louis Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist, known for american industrialist and philanthropist, died on 1919-08-11.
Laurence Doherty dies
The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, lit. 'Battle of the Skagerrak') was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German...
The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was an obscure far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I.
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified by a majority of US states
German theoretical physicist Physicist Albert Einstein (39) divorces Serbian physicist and mathematician Mileva Marić (43) after 16 years of marriage
Author Maurice Maeterlinck (56) weds actress Renée Dahon (27) in Nice, France
Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress.
8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo, which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members are Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev, and Nikolai Krestinsky
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – 10 November 1938) was a field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first president.
Marjorie Dumont and Lt. R. W. Meade wed by an Army chaplain; 1st wedding held in an aircraft, flying over Houston, Texas
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Future US President Harry Truman (35) weds (Elizabeth) " Bess" Wallace (34) in Independence. Missouri, until his death in 1972
Author Aldous Huxley (25) weds epidemiologist Maria Nys in Bellem, Belgium
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
Future German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (43) weds second wife, Auguste Zinsser in Cologne, Germany, until her death in 1948
KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij), Royal Dutch Airlines, is founded in Amsterdam, making it one of the world's oldest airlines
Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to the 'Black Sox Scandal', it is the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, premieres at Queen's Hall, London
The Volstead Act is passed by Congress, establishing a nationwide ban on alcohol, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945.
Actress Gloria Swanson (20) weds businessman Herbert K. Somborn (38)
Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel, but fail to prevent Serbia's annexation of Montenegro
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist party in Romania. It was founded in 1921, and became the founding and ruling party of the Communist Socialist Republic of Romania in 1947.
Dutch Soccer team OSV forms
John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham and Francis Xavier McQuade buy NY Giants
National elections held in Germany to form a National Constituent Assembly and draft a constitution
Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Féin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence
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.
The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland: troops deployed against protesters for fear of a Bolshevik uprising
Brooklyn Robins trade former National League MVP Jake Daubert to Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Tommy Griffith; result of a salary grievance
Monarchist riot in Portugal
The Berne International, by its opponents also known as the Yellow International, was a Socialist International formed in Bern, Switzerland 3–9 February 1919.
The Würzburg Soviet Republic (German: Würzburger Räterepublik) was an unrecognized, short-lived state organized under council communism in Würzburg, Germany in April 1919.
The Seattle General Strike was a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, from February 6 to 11, 1919.
The Polish–Soviet War (14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the...
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S.
Foundation NHL club Toronto Arenas are permitted to cease operations due to financial difficulties; later become Toronto St. Patricks and then Maple Leafs
The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs (English: Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss...
Oregon becomes the first state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.
1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
The March First Movement was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919.
The 2nd World Congress of the Communist International was a gathering of approximately 220 voting and non-voting representatives of communist and revolutionary socialist political parties from around...
This is a list of air cargo and airmail related events as well as a summary from the decade 1910–1919 (references to be found via the main Wikipedia links where not explicitly referenced here):
Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC
A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.
Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S.
Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
DeMolay International is a youth leadership organization with Masonic origins for young men ages 12 to 21. There is in select areas a "Squire" program for those younger than 12.
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) & Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
Austria expels all Habsburgers
Antwerp is officially declared the host city for the Games of the 7th Olympiad to be conducted in 1920; first post WWI Olympics
The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern) (1919–1933) was one of the constituent states of the federally organized Weimar Republic.
Cleveland Metroparks is an extensive system of nature preserves in Greater Cleveland, Ohio.
The International Labour Organization is founded.
British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
British troops open fire on demonstrators in Amritsar, India, killing 350
André Messager's romantic opera "Monsieur Beaucaire", based on Booth Tarkington's novel, opens at the Prince's Theatre in London, England
King Nicholas of Montenegro abdicates under duress
US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season
American stuntman and parachute developer Leslie Irvin (23) makes the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from a plane above the US Army Air Service's McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio [1]
On Saturday, May 1, 1920, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played to a 1–1 tie in 26 innings, the most innings ever played in a single game in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
Demonstrates organised by students erupt in China, after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intend to give Shangtung to Japan
Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German South West Africa to South Africa
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Appingedam soccer team forms
The Charleston riot of 1919 took place on the night of Saturday, May 10, between members of the US Navy and the local black population.
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.
New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta
Beginning of the Winnipeg General Strike as more than 30,000 workers walk off the job in the largest strike in Canadian history (ends 25 June) [1]
Alborada del gracioso (The Jester's Aubade) is the fourth of the five movements of Maurice Ravel's piano suite Miroirs, written in 1905.
Kelud volcano on Java, erupts killing 5,160
The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks
A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, South America, or vice versa.
NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city.
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor.
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) - first insurance company organized by African Americans formed
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then...
Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910
Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
General steel strike in France
Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St.
Alcock and Brown land in Ireland, completing the first non-stop Atlantic flight
"Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
Opposed to dismemberment of Turkey by the Allies, Mustafa Kemal declares his Turkish Nationalist Congress, headquartered in Ankara, independent of Constantinople
die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Gustav Adolf Bauer (6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920.
1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
NY Daily News begins publishing
Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr)
Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants
US President Woodrow Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Historically, women rarely had the right to vote, even in ostensibly democratic systems of government.
Dutch Second Chamber approves 8-hour workday and no Sunday work
The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
The Kingdom of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kuningaskunta; Swedish: Konungariket Finland; 1918–1919) was a failed attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Declaration of...
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.
De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat" premieres in London
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919.
International Federation of Free Trade Unions ("Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale") forms in Amsterdam
The Constitution of the German Reich (German: Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs), usually known as the Weimar Constitution (Weimarer Verfassung), was the constitution that governed Germany during...
Hungarian communist leader Béla Kun flees to Vienna after the Hungarian Soviet Republic is overthrown by the Romanian Army
Harry Butler makes the first flight across a major body of water in Australia, delivering mail from Adelaide across Gulf St. Vincent to Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.
"Gasoline Alley" comic strip by Frank King premieres in the Chicago Tribune
American thoroughbred racehorse Man o' War's only defeat in a 21-start career; Upset wins the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties the MLB record with four outfield assists in a game during a 15-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.
Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for .505 average)
Frank King's daily comic strip "Gasoline Alley" is distributed nationwide by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, appearing in The New York Daily News among other newspapers
First scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris to London)
Ernst Toller (1 December 1893 – 22 May 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays.
John Reed co-founds the short-lived Communist Labor Party of America after being expelled from the National Socialist Convention in Chicago, Illinois
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA), officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a far-left communist party in the United States.
Italy agrees to general voting rights and proportional representation
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher.
The Boston police strike occurred on September 9, 1919, when Boston police officers went on strike seeking recognition for their trade union and improvements in wages and working conditions.
Between 1920 and 1946, a total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations. When the Assembly of the League of Nations first met, it consisted of 42 founding members.
US Marines again send troops to Honduras
Guy Bolton & George Middleton's "Adam & Eve," premieres in NYC
British regime forbids Sinn Féin Dáil
The Czechoslovak Legion were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the White Army during the Russian...
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Historically, women rarely had the right to vote, even in ostensibly democratic systems of government.
Clarence is a 1919 play by Booth Tarkington. It is a four-act comedy with two settings and eleven characters.
Legendary baseball slugger Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's MLB record of 27 home runs with a 9th inning blast in the Boston Red Sox's 4-3 win against the Chicago White Sox
Steel strike begins in the US and continues for four months
Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth sets an MLB season home run record with 28 against Yankee Bob Shawkey in a 2-1 loss at the Polo Grounds in New York City
In the fastest Major League game (51 minutes), the Giants beat the Phillies 6-1
Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers" premieres in New York City
First edition of the Dutch newspaper "Volkskrant" (The People's Paper) is published
Serbian, Croatian, and Slavic Parliament pass an accord for an 8-hour workday
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Stamboliyski becomes premier of Bulgaria
Fourteen horses begin a 300-mile race from Vermont to Massachusetts for a $1,000 prize
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.
Belvin Maynard wins the first transcontinental air race in a round trip of 9 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, and 12 seconds; the race costs 9 lives with 54 crashes or forced landings
Anna Howard Shaw becomes the first living female recipient of the US Distinguished Service Medal
Orchestra Hall, designed by C. Howard Crane opens in Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Symphony, 1919-39 and 1989 to present, also known as The Paradise Theater, featuring top jazz performers and films, 1941-51
B C Hilliam's musical "Buddies" premieres in NYC
The Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer who was active in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, between May 1918 and October 1919.
Baseball league presidents call for the abolishment of the spitball
US Army hires Canadian inventor-gun designer John C. Garand for the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts
Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio
1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution,...
1st observance of National Book Week
Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political and business views
John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St.
The Siberian Army was an anti-Bolshevik army during the Russian Civil War, which fought from June 1918 – July 1919 in Siberia – Ural Region.
US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary
H. Tierney & J. McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona
15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AA Milne's comedy play "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres at the Gaiety Theatre in Manchester and runs for 246 performances
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago White Sox, oppose AL resolution accusing league president Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States, is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the...
Edna St Vincent Millay's play "Aria da Capo" premieres in NYC
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is a scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic...
Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
Alice H. Parker (1895 – 1920) was an African American inventor who was active in the early 1900s. She is known for her patent for a heating furnace using natural gas.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division.
Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
J. D. Salinger, American author, known for american author, was born on 1919-01-01.
Nathaniel Rochester is born
Jackie Robinson, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1919-01-31.
Allie Reynolds is born
Jennifer Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1919-03-02. Jennifer Jones, also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate.
Strother Martin actor, known for american actor, was born on 1919-03-26. Strother Douglas Martin Jr.
Pete Seeger, American musician, known for american musician and social activist, was born on 1919-05-03.
Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, known for argentine actress and politician, was born on 1919-05-07.
Mordecai Anielewicz is born
George Wallace politician and lawyer, known for american politician and lawyer, was born on 1919-08-25. George Corley Wallace Jr.
Tom Harmon is born
Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, was born on 1919-10-17. Zhao Ziyang (17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian firearms designer, known for russian firearms designer, was born on 1919-11-10.
Keith Miller, Australian athlete, known for australian cricketer, was born on 1919-11-28.
Robert Stack, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1919-01-13. Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor and television…
Desmond Doss us soldier and medal of honor recipient, known for us soldier and medal of honor recipient, was born on 1919-02-07.
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher, known for american publisher, was born on 1919-08-19.
Theodore Roosevelt dies
Edward Charles Pickering dies
Wilfrid Laurier dies
Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, known for american businessman, died on 1919-04-08.
Emiliano Zapata, American revolutionary, known for mexican revolutionary, died on 1919-04-10. Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader.
Henry John Heinz, American businessman, known for american businessman, died on 1919-05-14. Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J.
Madam C. J. Walker black entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, known for black entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, died on 1919-05-25.
John William Strutt, British physicist, known for british physicist, died on 1919-06-30.
Emil Fischer, German chemist, known for german chemist, died on 1919-07-15. Hermann Emil Louis Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist, known for american industrialist and philanthropist, died on 1919-08-11.
Laurence Doherty dies