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Year Date Event Source c. 1.33 million years BP: The first stone tools were made in the Upper Rhine Plain [1]609,000 ± 40,000 BP The hominid to whom the Mauer 1 mandible (discovered in 1907 in Mauer) belonged, the type specimen of Homo heidelbergensis, dies.
India and Pakistan begin the second Indo-Pakistani War, over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. 23 September India and Pakistan sign a cease-fire, ending the second Indo-Pakistani War. 11 November Rhodesia issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, which is rejected by the United Kingdom, sparking a 15-year crisis in the ...
July: The 1919 Egyptian revolution erupts. July 18: End of Polish–Ukrainian War. August 11: German Revolution ends with the collapse of the German Empire and the establishment of the Weimar Republic. November 19: Release date of Feline Follies, the first appearance of Felix the Cat (then known as Master Tom).
Betz's law is published in 1919, by the German physicist Albert Betz. It indicates the maximum power that can be extracted from the wind, independent of the design of a wind turbine in open flow. It indicates the maximum power that can be extracted from the wind, independent of the design of a wind turbine in open flow.
October 23 – 27: Boston Red Sox wins the World Series for the first time since 1918, ending the Curse of the Bambino. November 7 – December 23: The Second Battle of Fallujah occurs. It is the deadliest American battle since the Vietnam War, killing 95 troops. November 18: Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
1952 – The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 1958 – The CND symbol, aka peace symbol , commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment , is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom .
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 ...
1919 – Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (d. 2004) 1920 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d. 2005) 1921 – John Whitworth, English countertenor (d. 2013) 1923 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (d. 2012) 1923 – Lucas Mangope, South African politician (d. 2018)