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The Third Anglo-Afghan War [a] was a short war which began on 3 May and ended on 8 August 1919. The new Amir of the Emirate of Afghanistan Amanullah Khan declared a Jihad against the British in the hope to proclaim full independence, as well as to strengthen his own legitimacy.
The following events occurred in May 1919: Best-selling American children's writer L. Frank Baum , author of The Wizard of Oz series, dies in Los Angeles . Soldiers in action at Kohat during the Third Anglo-Afghan War .
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.
1919 was a common year ... May 3 – Pete Seeger, American folk singer and musician (d. 2014) [65] May 5 – Georgios Papadopoulos, President of Greece and Prime ...
Walter Fred Berns Jr. [1] (May 3, 1919 – January 10, 2015) was an American constitutional law and political philosophy professor. He was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor emeritus at Georgetown University.
John Lawson was born June 16, 1837. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He enlisted the Navy in New York in December 1863. [1] On August 5, 1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay, while serving in a member of USS Hartford's berth deck ammunition party, he was seriously wounded after a shell had wounded him in the leg and killed or wounded the rest of his crew.
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) ... 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014)
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 59 (May 3, 1919). Citation: When murderous machinegun fire at a range of 50 yards had made it impossible for his platoon to advance, and had caused the platoon to take cover Sergeant.