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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
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 ...
The 1910s (pronounced "nineteen-tens" often shortened to the "'10s" or the "Tens") was the decade that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th century.
The 1910 Accident Reports Act was passed and a 10-hour work day and standardization of rates of pay and working conditions were won by the Railway Brotherhoods. Union membership topped 8 million workers in 1910. Rubble of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 1 October 1910 (United States)
New Year's Day card January 24: The town of Dyer, Indiana is incorporated. January 10–20 – The 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field is held near Los Angeles, California (the first aviation meet to be held in the United States). [1] January 10 – Joyce Hall founds Hallmark Cards. January 24 – Dyer, Indiana is ...
1918–1919: Mexico: After withdrawal of the Pershing expedition, U.S. troops entered Mexico in pursuit of bandits at least three times in 1918 and six times in 1919. In August 1918, American and Mexican troops fought at Nogales , Battle of Ambos Nogales .
The American Expeditionary Force Siberia, August 15, 1918 – April 1, 1920 The American Expeditionary Force North Russia , September 4, 1918 – August 5, 1919 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, January 29, 1919
On December 5, 1919, American planes bombed Les Cayes in a possible act of intimidation. [5] American pilots were investigated for their actions, though none were condemned. [ 5 ] These actions were described by anthropologist Jean-Philippe Belleau as possibly "the first ever carried out by air on civilian populations".