1919 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland

1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski becomes the first premier of the new republic of Poland.

1919 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) Bloodbath in Buenos Aires

1920 Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to sell beer and liquor.

1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes first premier

1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes the country of Memel

1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

1925 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP

1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs England (made 176)

1934 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die

1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)

1934 In Bihar-Nepal, India a 8.4 earthquake resulted in 10,700 deaths

1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition

1936 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants

1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates

1936 The first all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio

1939 Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal

1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk

1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII

1943 1,000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon

1943 Japanese driven off Guadalcanal

1943 Work is completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.

1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany

1944 General Eisenhower arrives in England

1944 In Argentina a 7.8 earthquake resulted in 5000 deaths

1944 Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die

1945 Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets

1945 Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp

1949 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin

1950 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC

1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000

1951 Supreme Court rule "clear & present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest

1953 As he leaves office, Harry Truman becomes the first U.S. President to bid the nation farewell via TV and radio.

1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Washington DC station

1953 German Democratic Republic Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"

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