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1919 ( MCMXIX) 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.
May 1 – Riots break out on International Labor Day in Cleveland, Ohio; 2 people are killed, 40 injured, and 116 arrested. May 9 – The United States recognizes the independence of Finland. [2] May 10 – Charleston riot in Charleston, South Carolina killing three black men; beginning of Red Summer.
1919; 105 years ago () Location: United States: Target: African Americans: Participants: Mostly white mobs attacking African-Americans: Outcome: White supremacist terrorist attacks, riots, and murders against black Americans across the United States: Deaths: Hundreds: Inquest: Haynes report; Lusk Committee
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French: Traité de Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other.
Events from the year 1919 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents. Monarch – George V. Prime Minister – David Lloyd George ( Coalition) Events. 1 January: Iolaire sinks. 1 January – HMY Iolaire is wrecked on rocks off Stornoway on the Scottish Isle of Lewis: 205 die, mostly servicemen returning home.
Events. January 15 – Great Molasses Flood in Boston kills 21 people. January 16 – Prohibition begins in the United States. June 28 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I. Charles Strite invents the toaster. Jules Bordet, Belgian doctor, won the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
October 4, 1919 (Saturday) American pilot Rudolph Schroeder, flying a Packard aircraft, achieved a new altitude world record of 9,622 meters (31,568 feet). Pope Benedict established the Territorial Prelate of Acre and Purus, named after the Acre River and Purus River of the Amazon.
