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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 ... Long Island; Roosevelt ...
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. 1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States Great Molasses Flood The wreckage of the collapsed tank is visible in background, center, next to the light-colored warehouse Date January 15, 1919 ; 106 years ago (1919-01-15) Time Approximately 12:30 pm Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S ...
The blockade was maintained for eight months after the Armistice in November 1918, into the following year of 1919. Foodstuffs imports into Germany were controlled by the Allies after the Armistice with Germany until Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919. [22]
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
From 1913 to May 1919, the cost of living rose by 76%, while police wages rose just 18%. [3] Discontent and restiveness among the Boston police force grew as they compared their wages and found they were earning less than an unskilled steelworker, half as much as a carpenter or mechanic and 50 cents a day less than a streetcar conductor.
Detail from William Orpen's painting The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919, showing the signing of the peace treaty by the German Minister of Transport Dr Johannes Bell, opposite to the representatives of the winning powers. February The Polish–Soviet War begins with border clashes between the two states.
On 21 October 1919, they were combined to form the French Army of the Rhine. In 1919, the Italian "Alpi" Brigade was used by the French in occupation duties in the far south of the zone. [37] The French were the last to vacate the occupied Rhineland, on 30 June 1930. [6]