Important 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 US-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of 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 in Queen's Hall London
1919 in Sport
Edmund Hillary
Jackie Robinson
Liberace
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mordecai Anielewicz
Pierre TrudeauWorld 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 WilsonFamous People in 1919
- Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Claude MonetWould 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 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (23) divorces Maxine Gates after 2 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Andrew Carnegie
Emil Fischer
Henry John Heinz
Madam C. J. Walker
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Theodore Roosevelt