Page 8: Historical Events In 1919
Thursday, 19 February 2026
May 22 Paul Vanden Boeynants, premier Belgium (1966-68, 1978-79). 


May 23 Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family). 


May 24 Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48. 


May 25 Gino Negri, composer. 


May 25 In this year, Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap. 


May 25 Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 


May 26 Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger) 


May 27 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days. 


May 27 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster 


May 27 Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0). 


May 27 Navy NC-4 completes trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal. 


May 27 The fist transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days 


May 28 Armenia declares it's Independence 


May 29 Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster. 


May 29 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster. 


May 29 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington 


May 29 Einstein's theories given a practical test during an eclipse. 


May 30 Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies. 


May 31 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas) 


May 31 Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer. 


May 31 inaugural wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX) 


May 31 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes inaugural crossing of Atlantic 


May 31 NC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England 


Jun 01 Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer 


Jun 01 Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden 


Jun 02 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers). 


Jun 03 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks 


Jun 04 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 


Jun 04 US marines invade Costa Rica. 


Jun 05 Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) 


Jun 06 Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910. 


Jun 06 Charles Pringle, British air marshal 


Jun 07 Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed. 


Jun 08 Guy Overton, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour). 


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