Page 14: Historical Events In 1919

Sep 24   Dayton Allen, NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show).   

Sep 24   Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies   

Sep 25   Pres Wilson is recorded as becoming seriously ill and collapses after a speech   

Sep 25   President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke.   

Sep 26   Barbara Britton, Long Beach, Calif, actress (Young and Willing)   

Sep 26   US President Wilson hit by a heart attack   

Sep 27   Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76   

Sep 27   British troops withdraw from Archangelsk   

Sep 27   Charles H Percy, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Sep 27   Democratic National Committee votes to admit women   

Sep 28   quickest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1   

Sep 30   Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in NYC.   

Sep 30   Patricia Neway, Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia).   

Oct 01   World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)   

Oct 02   1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Neth.   

Oct 02   Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies   

Oct 02   Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset   

Oct 02   Pres Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke.   

Oct 03   Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], US, sci-fi author (IQ Merchant).   

Oct 03   Daniel Brink Towner, composer, dies at 69.   

Oct 03   Reds Adolfo Luque is 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series.   

Oct 05   Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)   

Oct 05   Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66   

Oct 05   Norwegian population agrees to prohibition.   

Oct 06   Stambuliski is recorded as becoming premier of Bulgaria   

Oct 07   1st London-Amsterdam airline service (Brit Aerial Transport and KLM).   

Oct 07   Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor (Steve Allen Show).   

Oct 07   inaugural London-Amsterdam airline service begins (Brit Aerial Transport).   

Oct 07   The Worlds oldest airline KLM is established in Holland   

Oct 08   Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946).   

Oct 08   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies   

Oct 08   The inaugural transcontinental air race in the United States begins.   

Oct 09   Rezso Sugar, composer.   

Oct 10   Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

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Jan 01   Bernard drukker: Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader (devil's wheel)   

Jan 01   Carole landis: Fairchild wi, actress (one million bc, topper returns)   

Jan 01   J[erome] d[avid] salinger: Nyc, novelist (catcher in the rye)   

Jan 03   Jesse white: Buf ny, actor (bedtime for bonzo, million dollar mermaid)   

Jan 04   Al "jazbo" collins: Nyc, dj (tonight! america after dark)   

Jan 04   Havelock henry trevor hudson: Underwriter (lloyd's of london)   

Jan 05   Severino gazzelloni: Italian flautist    

Jan 06   Sylvia syms: Us singer (hello dolly, dream girl, them there eyes)   

Jan 01   William w campbell: Canadian poet (ian of the orcades),   

Jan 04   Georg von hertling: Chancellor of germany (b. 1843)   

Jan 06   Theodore roosevelt: 26th pres (1901-09),   

Jan 08   Peter altenberg: Writer,    

Jan 15   Karl liebknecht: Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47   

Jan 16   Jaroslav jeremias: Composer,   

Jan 18   John c f: Son of english king george v,   

Jan 21   Gojong of joseon: Emperor of korea (b. 1852)