Page 18: Historical Events In 1919

Dec 16   Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)   

Dec 17   Austria parliament approves 8-hour day.   

Dec 18   Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer (Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton).   

Dec 18   Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56   

Dec 19   American Meteorological Society are discovered   

Dec 20   Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50000 KM).   

Dec 20   Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50000 KM).   

Dec 21   Gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)   

Dec 21   J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia.   

Dec 22   Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland).   

Dec 22   US deports 250 alien radicals   

Dec 23   1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched   

Dec 23   inaugural hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched.   

Dec 24   John D. Rockefeller, the world's richest man, gave away one-hundred million dollars and I missed it.   

Dec 26   Yanks and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth   

Dec 27   Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73.   

Dec 27   Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season.   

Dec 28   Inocenti Carreno, composer.   

Dec 29   Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T)   

Dec 30   David Valentine Willcocks, composer   

Dec 30   Lincoln's Inn in London admits its inaugural female bar student.   

Dec 31   Tommy Byrne, American baseball player   

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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)