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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 ...
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
The California State Senate unanimously voted in favor of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the California State Assembly approved it with a vote of 73 for and 2 against, becoming the 18th state to ratify it. [1] [2] The United Mine Workers of America under John L. Lewis voted to strike in the United States. [3]
"The Lamplit Hour" m. Arthur A. Penn, w. Thomas Burke "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball "Letter Song" by William LeBaron "Little Girls, Goodbye" w. William LeBaron m. Victor Jacobi "Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses" w. Leslie Cooke m. John Openshaw "Mah Lindy Lou" w.m. Lily Strickland "Mammy O' Mine" w ...
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
[1] The Native American Sun Dance is banned. [2] John Knowles Paine's second symphony, In Spring, premiers in Boston, and is "received with unparalleled success". [3] Gussie Lord Davis has his first hit with "We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill", making him the first African American songwriter to succeed in Tin Pan Alley. [4]
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 ...
The hockey final series was tied, 2–2, with the scheduled April 1 game cancelled. [ 163 ] The Dominion Labor Party of Alberta was established in Calgary following a merger with the Alberta Labor Representation League , and would contest in the 1921 Alberta provincial election .