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November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis. Final agreement comes on December 10. November 7 – The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution : over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S ...
1919 – President Wilson has a massive stroke. First Lady Edith Wilson takes over in a "silent coup". 1919 – United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations; 1919 – 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition; 1919 – Black Sox Scandal during that year's World Series, with the fallout lasting for decades
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. 1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States Great Molasses Flood The wreckage of the collapsed tank is visible in background, center, next to the light-colored warehouse Date January 15, 1919 ; 106 years ago (1919-01-15) Time Approximately 12:30 pm Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S ...
The Red Summer was a period in mid-1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots occurred in more than three dozen cities across the United States, and in one rural county in Arkansas.
During 1919, a series of more than 20 riotous and violent black-white race-related incidents occurred. These included the Chicago, Omaha, and Elaine Race Riots. A phenomenon known as the Red Scare took place 1918–1919. With the rise of violent Communist revolutions in Europe, leftist radicals were emboldened by the Bolshevik Revolution in ...
1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1919th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of ...
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During the riot, 38 people died (23 black and 15 white). [ 3 ]
In 1919, 4 million workers went on strike at some point, significantly more than the 1.2 million in the preceding years. [2] Major strikes included an iron and steel workers strike in September 1919, a bituminous coal miners strike in November 1919, and a major railroad strike in 1920.