Historical Events
- 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
- More Historical Events
1919 in Music
- Oct 26 Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, premieres at Queen's Hall, London
1919 in Sport
- Oct 9 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to 'Black Sox Scandal' last WS to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place
Jackie Robinson
Mordecai Anielewicz
Liberace
Malcolm Forbes
Pierre Trudeau
Mohammad Reza PahlaviFamous People in 1919
Claude MonetWorld Leaders in 1919
David Lloyd George
Vladimir Lenin
Woodrow Wilson
Would You Believe?
Would You Believe?Leslie Irvin of US makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump
On April 19, 1919
Famous Weddings
- 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
- 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
More Weddings & Divorces
Theodore Roosevelt
Madam C. J. Walker
John William Strutt
Emil Fischer
Andrew Carnegie
Pierre Auguste Renoir1919 in Pictures
Prohibition is Ratified
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established prohibitionJanuary 16Scuttling at Scapa Flow
German Navy ship SMS Bayern after being scuttled on the orders of German Admiral Ludwig von ReuterJune 21Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is signed in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, ParisJune 28
