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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 following events occurred in November 1919: The first Armistice Day ceremonies are held around the world on November 11; here a crowd gathers for the ceremony in Philadelphia . November 1 , 1919 (Saturday)
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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 ...
Charles Sims, Introduction of Lady Astor as the First Woman MP, c. 1919, The Box, Plymouth. Russian Civil War – The Red Army captured Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, frustrating the chances of the Orenburg Independent Army under Alexander Dutov from joining up with the main White Army force under Vladimir Kappel who were retreating into Siberia.
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
The following events occurred in January 1919: . Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt dies at his home in Long Island, New York. The "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference: (from left to right) David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.
A dead Red Army soldier during the Battle of Bolshie Ozerki.. Battle for the Donbass – The Ninth Red Army counterattacked the White armies in the Donbas region. [1] [2]Battle of Bolshie Ozerki – A Red Army force of 7,000 men attacked a defending Allied force of 2,000 at the village of Bolshie Ozerki near the port of Onega, Russia, but were held back by artillery and machine gun fire.