Historical Events In 1919

Jan 01 Belorussian SSR established

Jan 06 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the U.S., dies in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.

Jan 02 Lithuania gains independence

Jan 11 Romania annexes Transylvania

Jan 02 Anti-British uprising in Ireland

Jan 11 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed

Jan 05 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party

Jan 01 Belorussian SSR established

Jan 29 Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)

Jan 16 The United States went legally dry as prohibition of alcoholic beverages took effect under the 18th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment was repealed in 1933.

Jan 06 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the U.S., dies in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.

Feb 15 American Legion organizes in Paris

Feb 06 5-day Seattle general strike starts

Feb 11 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected President of Germany

Feb 23 Benito Mussolini founds the Facist party of Italy

Feb 26 Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine

Feb 25 Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon)

Feb 21 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss incorporation of Austria

Feb 19 Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)

Feb 14 United Parcel Service forms

Feb 06 The birth of Zsa Zsa Gabor, American actress

Feb 20 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt

Feb 03 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)

Feb 15 1,700 Jews are murdered in the Ukrainian town of Proskoruv by followers of Simon Petlura, Ukrainian Nationalist leader.

Feb 05 The birth of Red Buttons, American actor.

Feb 04 City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown

Feb 21 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona

Feb 25 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

Feb 27 First public performance of Holst's "The Planets"

Feb 27 American Association for the Hard of Hearing formed (New York NY)

Feb 03 Kiev was captured by the Bolsheviks

Feb 23 Italian Fascist Party founded by Benito Mussolini

Feb 02 Monarchist riot in Portugal

Feb 03 League of Nations first meeting (Paris)

Feb 26 Grand Canyon National Park is established.

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