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17 – German South West Africa is placed under South African administration. November 7 – Inspired by Cape Town's daily Noon Gun Three Minute Pause, King George V institutes the Two Minute Silence following a suggestion by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick , to be observed annually at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month .
The following events occurred in June 1919: German battleship SMS Bayern sinks in Scapa Flow after it was scuttled along with other ships of the interned Imperial German Navy on June 21, 1919. Painting by William Orpen , The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors , depicting the signing of the Treaty of Versailles to formally end World War I ...
Constitutional Court of South Africa building opens in Constitution Hill. Drill Hall rebuilt. Creative Commons South Africa headquartered at University of the Witwatersrand. 2005 University of Johannesburg established. 2 July: Live 8 concert. Population: 3,272,000 (urban agglomeration). [35] 2008 Joburg Art Fair begins. [15] Google office in ...
19 January – German federal election, 1919; 11 February - German presidential election, 1919; 13 February – Scheidemann cabinet are sworn in. 29 March – University of Hamburg is established. 21 June – Bauer cabinet are sworn in.
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 ...
This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
An estimated 50 people die in the 1918 flu pandemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. [2] January. 8 – The Koöperatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika (KWV) is founded in Paarl. April. 2 – Victoria College becomes the Stellenbosch University. May
7 January – COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announces that South Africa will receive one million doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine in January and 500,000 in February. 1.25 million health workers will be prioritized. SA has confirmed 1.1 million infections and 31,368 deaths.