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An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online; George Henry Townsend (1867), "Germany", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
1919: The Year That Changed America is a 2019 non-fiction children's book by American author Martin W. Sandler.The book details various events from 1919, including the Great Molasses Flood in Boston, "which led to building code, municipal oversight, and corporate liability precedents", the Nineteenth Amendment's passing, racial tensions, the Red Scare, changing labor conditions, and the ...
A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps (2020) Cambridge Modern History Atlas (1912) online 141 maps; Catchpole, Brian. Map History of the Modern World (1982) Darby, H. C., and H. Fullard, eds. The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 14: Atlas (1970) East, W. Gordon. An Historical Geography of Europe (4th ed. 1950) Haywood, John.
23 April – Anne Buydens, Belgian-American actress (died 2021) 3 May – Traute Lafrenz, German-American physician and anthropologist (died 2023) 16 May – Albert Osswald, German politician (died 1996) 19 June - Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic soprano (died 2010) 7 July – Hans Adolph Buchdahl, German-born Australian physicist (died ...
Emergency money of the Free State of Bottleneck with a map of the region. The text reads: "Nowhere is it more beautiful than in the Free State of Bottleneck". During the turbulent early years of the Weimar Republic, there were a number of short-lived attempts to set up soviet-style republics: People's State of Bavaria (8 November 1918 – 6 ...
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
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 ...
Grossman, Mark ed. Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years: From 1919 to 1939 (2000). Hasluck, E. L. Foreign Affairs 1919 to 1937 (Cambridge University Press, 1938). Hicks, John D. Republican Ascendancy, 1921–1933 (1960) for USA online; Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1994). The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914–1991. – a view from the Left.