June 1919 in History

Events in History

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Jun 20 Philipp Scheidemann resigns as chancellor of the new German Republic, which he helped establish, refusing to sign the Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles is signed in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, Paris

Jun 20 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
Jun 21 Social Democrat Gustav Bauer forms a German government

Scuttling at Scapa Flow

Jun 21 The German Navy, feeling betrayed by the terms of the Versailles Treaty, scuttles most of its ships interned at Great Britain's Scapa Flow Naval base in the Orkney Islands

German Navy ship SMS Bayern after being scuttled on the orders of German Admiral Ludwig von Reuter

Event of Interest

Jun 23 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates

Jun 23 Nitti government forms in Italy
Jun 25 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
Jun 25 Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg
Jun 26 NY Daily News begins publishing
Jun 28 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France

Birthdays in History

Jun 2 Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
Jun 4 Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of US First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
Jun 5 Richard Scarry, American children's author and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Jun 6 Charles Pringle, British air marshal, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
Jun 6 Lord Carrington [Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington], British conservative politician, former British Foreign Secretary (1979-82) and NATO Secretary General (1984-8), born in Chelsea, London (d. 2018)
Jun 10 Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Negotiator and community leader (d. 2007)
Jun 15 Van T. Barfoot, American Army colonel and Medal of Honour recipient, born in Edinburg, Mississippi (d. 2012)
Jun 17 Kingman Brewster, American educator and president of Yale University, born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
Jun 17 Max Dendermonde [Hendrik Hazelhoff], Dutch literary, born in Winschoten, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Jun 18 Edwin Clarke, British neurologist, medical historian,and museum keeper, born in Felling-on-Tyne, England (d. 1996)
Jun 18 Jerome Karle, American chemist (Nobel 1985) and Manhattan Project member, born in New York (d. 2013)
Jun 18 TedLeadbitter, British politician (Labour), born in Easington, England (d. 1996)
Jun 21 Gérard Pelletier, French Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat, born in Victoriaville, Canada (d. 1997)
Jun 21 Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2013)
Jun 23 Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
Jun 26 Lord Rawlinson, British attorney general (Ewell) (d. 2006)
Jun 29 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theaterical director (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2006)
Jun 30 Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon.", born in Bristow, Iowa (d. 2007)