Important Events in 1919
- Jan 5 German Workers' Party forms, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi)
- Mar 23 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 Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Krestinsky
- May 19 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Black Sea coast, beginning the Turkish War of Independence
- Jun 28 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France
- Aug 18 Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 7 KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)
- Oct 28 Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto
- Nov 28 American-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of the British House of Commons
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1919 in Music
- Oct 26 Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, premieres in Queen's Hall London
1919 in Sport
- Oct 9 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series
Edmund Hillary
Jackie Robinson
Liberace
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mordecai Anielewicz
Pierre TrudeauFamous People in 1919
Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Claude MonetWorld Leaders in 1919
- David Lloyd George
British Prime Minister - Vladimir Lenin
Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader - Woodrow Wilson
28th US President
David Lloyd George
Vladimir Lenin
Woodrow WilsonWould You Believe?
Would You Believe?Leslie Irvin of US makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump
On April 19, 1919
Famous Weddings in 1919
- Feb 15 Author Maurice Maeterlinck (56) weds actress Renée Dahon (27) in Nice, France
- May 31 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
- Jun 2 Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein (40) weds his cousin Elsa Lowenthal (43)
Famous Divorces in 1919
- Feb 14 Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein (39) divorces Mileva Maric after 16 years of marriage
- Mar 1 Actress Gloria Swanson (19) divorces actor Wallace Beery (31) after 2 years of marriage
- Apr 2 American world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey (23) divorces Maxine Gates after 2 years of marriage
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Andrew Carnegie
Emil Fischer
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Madam C. J. Walker
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Theodore Roosevelt