Historical Events In 1919
May 20 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550
May 07 The birth of Marie Peron, Argentinian on who 'Evita' was based
May 03 Afghánistán Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
May 29 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
May 31 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes first crossing of Atlantic
May 27 Navy NC-4 completes trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal
May 28 Armenia declares it's Independence
May 01 Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people.
May 08 Appingedam soccer team forms
May 31 NC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England
May 27 The fist transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
May 04 FVC soccer team forms
May 31 First wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX)
May 27 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
May 29 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
May 02 The first US air passenger service starts
May 01 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
May 03 America's first passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City)
May 10 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
May 29 Einstein's theories given a practical test during an eclipse
May 06 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa
Jan 25 Founding of League of Nations, first meeting 1 year later
Jan 15 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland
Jan 02 Anti-British uprising in Ireland
Jan 02 Lithuania gains independence
Jan 16 Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming ratify the Prohibition Amendment, adding it to the Constitution.
Jan 05 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
Jan 15 Pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski becomes the first premier of the new republic of Poland.
Jan 05 Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege
Jan 18 WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
Jan 05 Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege
Jan 15 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) Bloodbath in Buenos Aires
Jan 02 Anti-British uprising in Ireland
Jan 15 2 million gallons of molasses spill in a tidal wave that drowns 21 in Boston MA
Jan 21 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
