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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/January_1919/oV4Bmxfu">January 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Czechoslovak_Legion/rDvkW9WK">Czechoslovak Legions</a> occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of <a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Pressburg</a> (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of <a href="/facts/Czechoslovakia/9A6Kzmr0">Czechoslovakia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HMY_Iolaire/oUuxfPXC">HMY <i>Iolaire</i></a> sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_2/awKrLGc0">January 2</a>–<a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">22</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>'s <a href="/facts/Caspian-Caucasian_Front/tmWn1beH">Caspian-Caucasian Front</a> begins the <a href="/facts/Northern_Caucasus_Operation_(1918%25E2%2580%25931919)/roExtvzY">Northern Caucasus Operation</a> against the <a href="/facts/White_Army/MnBtDHWf">White Army</a>, but fails to make progress.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_3/fwnGfegG">January 3</a> – The <a href="/facts/Faisal%25E2%2580%2593Weizmann_Agreement/yzmhWnbg">Faisal–Weizmann Agreement</a> is signed by <a href="/facts/Faisal_I_of_Iraq/XwHxNwvb">Emir Faisal</a> (representing the Arab <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Hejaz/TCt9LLhV">Kingdom of Hejaz</a>) and <a href="/facts/Zionism/kL92sl76">Zionist</a> leader <a href="/facts/Chaim_Weizmann/L2f0zrIA">Chaim Weizmann</a>, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in <a href="/facts/Palestine_(region)/HxMSPazK">Palestine</a>, and an Arab nation in a large part of the <a href="/facts/Middle_East/8CD6pLWv">Middle East</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_5/SELkhFAN">January 5</a> – In Germany: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Spartacist_uprising/0rIrNY1m">Spartacist uprising</a> in Berlin: The Marxist <a href="/facts/Spartacus_League/LRog1MpC">Spartacus League</a>, with the newly formed <a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_Germany/w3Be29A7">Communist Party of Germany</a> and the <a href="/facts/Independent_Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany/NndLGUgA">Independent Social Democratic Party</a>, begin mass demonstrations, which will be suppressed by armed force within a week.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/German_Workers%2527_Party/NoQtb4zy">German Workers' Party</a> (<i>Deutsche Arbeiterpartei</i>, DAP), predecessor of the <a href="/facts/Nazi_Party/qQCramHd">Nazi Party</a>, is formed by the merger of <a href="/facts/Anton_Drexler/EYRa9d4u">Anton Drexler</a>'s Committee of Independent Workmen with journalist <a href="/facts/Karl_Harrer/Uw3yJYFu">Karl Harrer</a>'s Political Workers' Circle.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_7/TENKxMQr">January 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: With <a href="/facts/Soviet_Russia/W9pC4bK6">Soviet Russian</a> forces just 40 km outside of the capital <a href="/facts/Tallinn/IBLBVtHt">Tallinn</a>, <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces start a general and successful counter-offensive against the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – The funeral of <a href="/facts/Theodore_Roosevelt/WzUPbcbo">Theodore Roosevelt</a>, 26th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President of the United States</a>, is held at Christ Church Oyster Bay, Long Island; Roosevelt had died in his sleep at the age of 60, two days earlier.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a>–<a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">22</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Southern Front: The <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> attacks and defeats the White <a href="/facts/Don_Army/MDqMsVcV">Don Army</a> under <a href="/facts/Pyotr_Krasnov/kp6mYtcc">Pyotr Krasnov</a> in the <a href="/facts/Voronezh%25E2%2580%2593Povorino_Operation/vzN5VofB">Voronezh–Povorino Operation</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_9/06hhKL3W">January 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Ebert/LbR9ygjh">Friedrich Ebert</a> orders the <a href="/facts/Freikorps/RmAHWY0T">Freikorps</a> into action in Berlin.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Tapa/0RJwwNJG">Battle of Tapa</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces liberate <a href="/facts/Tapa%2c_Estonia/HGW3Qdy0">Tapa, Estonia</a>, from the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>A group of socialist and liberal deputies table a motion to make <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a> a republic. A crowd gathers at the barracks of the Corps of Volunteers, close to the Chamber. A crowd led by <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589mile_Servais/ojU4QpN0">Émile Servais</a>, a left-wing politician, rushes the Chamber and soldiers refuse to disperse them. A Committee of Public Safety is formed, but the rebellion is quelled by the <a href="/facts/French_Army/NCnjovlu">French Army</a> under General de La Tour.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_10/9GMS7Pz5">January 10</a>–<a href="/facts/January_12/QqF02HGt">12</a> – The Freikorps attacks Spartacist supporters around Berlin.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Romania/CwhVjbwD">Romania</a> annexes <a href="/facts/Transylvania/Gc7JtLU6">Transylvania</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Georgians/dq2Sd3Cw">Georgian</a> genocide occurs in <a href="/facts/Alagir/R2DsoA0F">Alagir</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_12/QqF02HGt">January 12</a>–<a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: On the Southern Front, the <a href="/facts/Armed_Forces_of_South_Russia/zB9RzFja">Armed Forces of South Russia</a> under General <a href="/facts/Anton_Denikin/hkmLq1Nl">Anton Denikin</a> fight against the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> for the possession of the strategic region of the <a href="/facts/Battle_for_the_Donbass_(1919)/sTs6LCzz">Donbass</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_13/rvD8TxJq">January 13</a> – Workers' councils in Berlin end the <a href="/facts/General_strike/U6UMVfRv">general strike</a>; the Spartacist uprising is over.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces liberate <a href="/facts/Tartu/zL0hGPDe">Tartu</a> from the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_15/rSvlBENa">January 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rosa_Luxemburg/oPcTH5bM">Rosa Luxemburg</a> and <a href="/facts/Karl_Liebknecht/zRzt5SAS">Karl Liebknecht</a> are murdered following the Spartacist uprising.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Molasses_Flood/mU5SQXqB">Great Molasses Flood</a>: A wave of <a href="/facts/Molasses/N8kE2HfI">molasses</a> released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, Massachusetts, killing 21 people and injuring 150.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_16/Ebfkf11A">January 16</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/cYJrWegP">Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>, authorizing <a href="/facts/Prohibition_in_the_United_States/53aVxXXb">Prohibition</a>, is ratified.</li> <li>Pianist <a href="/facts/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski/HIHyLEwN">Ignacy Jan Paderewski</a> becomes the second <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Poland/S4to6xja">Prime Minister of Poland</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Paris_Peace_Conference%2c_1919/Quq4gdtj">Paris Peace Conference</a> opens in <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, with delegates from 27 nations attending for meetings at the <a href="/facts/Palace_of_Versailles/UEBCWwQU">Palace of Versailles</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces liberate <a href="/facts/Narva/DJUWAnAN">Narva</a>, expelling the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> from Northern Estonia.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bentley/NTLGFkTW">Bentley</a> Motors Limited is founded in England.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a>–<a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">28</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> begins the counter offensive in the <a href="/facts/Perm_Operation_(1918%25E2%2580%259319)/nMqe2vLG">Perm area</a> against the <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White forces</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Monarchy_of_the_North/cb3bkKuJ">Monarchy of the North</a> is established in Northern Portugal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1919_German_federal_election/4xgaw6um">1919 German federal election</a>, first under the <a href="/facts/Weimar_Republic/LYYS66ad">Weimar Republic</a> and the first in Germany with <a href="/facts/Female_suffrage/4sRR3ad7">female suffrage</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_21/5ftFHkfk">January 21</a> – <a href="/facts/First_D%25C3%25A1il/mz60Y9Fd">Dáil Éireann</a> meets for the first time in the <a href="/facts/Mansion_House%2c_Dublin/07W3jEaD">Mansion House, Dublin</a>. It comprises <a href="/facts/Sinn_F%25C3%25A9in/u8zAndFX">Sinn Féin</a> members elected in the <a href="/facts/1918_Irish_general_election/nMD4HlTv">1918 general election</a> who, in accordance with their <a href="/facts/Sinn_F%25C3%25A9in_Manifesto_1918/6F4w5WN1">manifesto</a>, have not taken their seats in the <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom/7bFbPI9g">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, but chosen to declare an independent <a href="/facts/Irish_Republic/E8Rd5PQI">Irish Republic</a>. In the first shots of the <a href="/facts/Anglo-Irish_War/mSVqcAEp">Anglo-Irish War</a>, two <a href="/facts/Royal_Irish_Constabulary/7SQQjseL">Royal Irish Constabulary</a> (RIC) men are <a href="/facts/Soloheadbeg_ambush/AlRFtmbW">killed in an ambush</a> at <a href="/facts/Soloheadbeg/QPdys9BU">Soloheadbeg</a> in <a href="/facts/County_Tipperary/nImnBYau">County Tipperary</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Khotyn_Uprising/gBkNYTNX">Khotyn Uprising</a>: pro-Ukrainian partisans capture the city of <a href="/facts/Khotyn/zX0dcFAQ">Khotyn</a> in Romania.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> – The <a href="/facts/League_of_Nations/PQlcKzXs">League of Nations</a> is founded in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_31/PkENSBYc">January 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_George_Square/HfruhYte">Battle of George Square</a>: The <a href="/facts/British_Army/StuY9Jy2">British Army</a> is called in to deal with riots, during negotiations over working hours in <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a>, Scotland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>February</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/February_1919/E3teULoP">February 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_1/PWaVIqWB">February 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces liberate <a href="/facts/Valga%2c_Estonia/v5WL5A3s">Valga</a> and <a href="/facts/V%25C3%25B5ru/wcLaCuUe">Võru</a>, expelling the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> from the entire territory of <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_3/5zp8ahYw">February 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: Soviet troops occupy <a href="/facts/Ukrainian_People%2527s_Republic/mQqN2T4v">Ukraine</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a>–<a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">5</a> – Pressburg (<a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Bratislava</a>) becomes the capital of <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/United_Artists/4cSJnjrI">United Artists</a> (UA) is incorporated in the United States by <a href="/facts/D._W._Griffith/grWAvxjN">D. W. Griffith</a>, <a href="/facts/Charlie_Chaplin/24P6I5lz">Charlie Chaplin</a>, <a href="/facts/Mary_Pickford/4M2b4Au8">Mary Pickford</a> and <a href="/facts/Douglas_Fairbanks/8Stkse0Y">Douglas Fairbanks</a> as a motion picture producer.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: Soviet troops occupy the city of <a href="/facts/Kyiv/uVAMxK8R">Kyiv</a> after the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Kiev_(January_1919)/q2QIQd5U">Battle of Kiev (January)</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_10/aJzm0rGH">February 10</a> – The <a href="/facts/Inter-Allied_Women%2527s_Conference/g3bwpF3l">Inter-Allied Women's Conference</a> convenes to compile a list of women's issues to present to the delegates of the <a href="/facts/Paris_Peace_Conference_(1919%25E2%2580%25931920)/Quq4gdtj">Paris Peace Conference</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Ebert/LbR9ygjh">Friedrich Ebert</a> is elected the first <a href="/facts/President_of_Germany_(1919%25E2%2580%25931945)/T80fAUWI">President of Germany</a> (<i>Reichspräsident</i>), by the <a href="/facts/Weimar_National_Assembly/ks3b2XEj">Weimar National Assembly</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Seattle_General_Strike/dDuh3fqu">Seattle General Strike</a> ends, when <a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">Federal</a> troops are summoned by the <a href="/facts/State_of_Washington/7tCrTFnN">State of Washington</a>'s <a href="/facts/State_attorney_general/kWRVnMIV">Attorney General</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_12/ddd56jhx">February 12</a> – Ethnic Germans and Hungarian inhabitants of <a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Pressburg</a> start a protest against its incorporation into <a href="/facts/Czechoslovakia/9A6Kzmr0">Czechoslovakia</a>, but the <a href="/facts/Czechoslovak_Legion/rDvkW9WK">Czechoslovak Legions</a> open fire on the unarmed demonstrators.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_13/m4nA2Ft6">February 13</a> – Portugal's <a href="/facts/Monarchy_of_the_North/cb3bkKuJ">Monarchy of the North</a> ends as a result of a revolt in Porto by civilians and National Republican Guard members.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – The <a href="/facts/Polish%25E2%2580%2593Soviet_War/qSYxdmcs">Polish–Soviet War</a> begins, with the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Bereza_Kartuska_(1919)/bzuz5xKm">Battle of Bereza Kartuska</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_16/Bba5egQV">February 16</a>–<a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">21</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: Uniformed peasants in <a href="/facts/Saaremaa/UWMqkdRL">Saaremaa</a> rebel against the government of <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a>; the rebellion is crushed by government forces, leaving more than 200 dead.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_25/80yUkkDG">February 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Oregon/4Uq446Ko">Oregon</a> places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on <a href="/facts/Gasoline/lcnxq5BS">gasoline</a>, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a <a href="/facts/Gasoline_tax/5PvHbNU5">gasoline tax</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Grand_Canyon_National_Park/F3T400uR">Grand Canyon National Park</a>: An act of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> establishes most of the <a href="/facts/Grand_Canyon/5jdvIay7">Grand Canyon</a> as a <a href="/facts/United_States_National_Park/uM29muQA">United States National Park</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Am%25C4%2581null%25C4%2581h_Kh%25C4%2581n/M98NGd6m">Amānullāh Khān</a> becomes <a href="/facts/Reforms_of_Amanullah_Khan_and_civil_war/M0FsACKJ">King of Afghanistan</a>.</li> <li>An independence mission to the U.S., funded by the Philippine legislature, sets out from Manila to present its case to <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_War/pz3atTqL">United States Secretary of War</a> <a href="/facts/Newton_D._Baker/JrscwsIh">Newton D. Baker</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>March</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/March_1919/IJ2Wequ9">March 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/March_1st_Movement/3rUz6Unl">March 1st Movement</a> against <a href="/facts/Korea_under_Japanese_rule/zXSwP1Qu">Japanese colonial rule</a> in Korea is formed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_2/fwEowLwl">March 2</a> – The <a href="/facts/Founding_Congress_of_the_Comintern/qsbg8f3c">Founding Congress of the Comintern</a> opens in Moscow.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a>–<a href="/facts/April/DXqJIRbC">April</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: Beginning of the <a href="/facts/Chapan_rebellion/v5X0B87z">Chapan War</a> as peasants of the provinces of <a href="/facts/Samara/3UQ0dGG9">Samara</a> and <a href="/facts/Simbirsk/Pcuw1SjV">Simbirsk</a> rebel against Soviet rule.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Communist_International/lE7vfpeY">Communist International</a> (Comintern) is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White forces</a> in Siberia under the command of Admiral <a href="/facts/Alexander_Kolchak/3SSyFa92">Alexander Kolchak</a> attack the positions of the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> in the <a href="/facts/Spring_Offensive_of_the_Russian_Army_(1919)/LI3tYplF">Spring Offensive</a>. The Whites crush the 5th Red Army under Jan Blumberg, and capture <a href="/facts/Okhansk/3Thp2SD6">Okhansk</a>, <a href="/facts/Osa%2c_Perm_Krai/ebdcrDR0">Osa</a>, <a href="/facts/Sarapul/LQQCr9R1">Sarapul</a> and finally <a href="/facts/Ufa/pKeEDcYl">Ufa</a> over the next days.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a>–<a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">5</a> – <a href="/facts/Kinmel_Park_Riots/SFEJBE3Y">Kinmel Park Riots</a> by troops of the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force/VlLfYB9C">Canadian Expeditionary Force</a> awaiting repatriation at <a href="/facts/Kinmel_Camp/Fdg5jNJr">Kinmel Camp</a>, <a href="/facts/Bodelwyddan/ug5haHpW">Bodelwyddan</a>, in <a href="/facts/North_Wales/71KFFTgs">North Wales</a>. Five men are killed, 28 injured, and 25 convicted of <a href="/facts/Mutiny/kPQHGnT3">mutiny</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – <a href="/facts/A._Mitchell_Palmer/4mTNB5Cf">A. Mitchell Palmer</a> becomes <a href="/facts/United_States_Attorney_General/8VaY1rlI">United States Attorney General</a>, through <a href="/facts/Recess_appointment/KuRVSYoz">recess appointment</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_8/b66u0pus">March 8</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Rowlatt_Act/dNhjShaD">Rowlatt Act</a> is passed by the <a href="/facts/Imperial_Legislative_Council/Q57JeBqv">Imperial Legislative Council</a> in London, indefinitely extending the emergency provisions of the <a href="/facts/Defence_of_India_Act_1915/pNRCsy0L">Defence of India Act 1915</a>.</li> <li>British authorities in <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a> arrest populist leader <a href="/facts/Saad_Zaghloul/aVfrU4k4">Saad Zaghloul</a>, exiling him to <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> triggering the <a href="/facts/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1919/Cu5Q2prm">Egyptian Revolution of 1919</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_11/jQh5H0Rn">March 11</a>–<a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The Cossacks of the Upper Don rebel against Bolshevik rule in the <a href="/facts/Vyoshenskaya_Uprising/CqPGKAhz">Vyoshenskaya Uprising</a> and join the <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White forces</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a>–<a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">17</a> – Members of the <a href="/facts/American_Expeditionary_Forces/wwgr4dCs">American Expeditionary Forces</a> convene in Paris for the first <a href="/facts/American_Legion/bBkpohv1">American Legion</a> caucus.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> – Birth of the <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines/PGJepz80">Commonwealth of the Philippines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – The <a href="/facts/Hungarian_Soviet_Republic/l8LRL9GH">Hungarian Soviet Republic</a> is established by <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9la_Kun/ffvgVkuc">Béla Kun</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_23/cKARFNn0">March 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Benito_Mussolini/q8UPaBlm">Benito Mussolini</a> founds his <a href="/facts/Italian_Fascism/xkN6bT7a">Italian Fascist</a> political movement in <a href="/facts/Milan/0xrtbPdt">Milan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_23/cKARFNn0">March 23</a>–<a href="/facts/March_24/4wPpsvg0">24</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_I_of_Austria/SxLUDKpX">Charles I</a>, the last <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_Austria/KDvogHcP">Emperor of Austria</a>, leaves Austria for exile in Switzerland.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_26/whb9JaUk">March 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Queen_of_the_South_F.C./N3D05Dv5">Queen of the South F.C.</a> is formed in <a href="/facts/Dumfries/8dFQkCA7">Dumfries</a>, Scotland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – The name <a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Bratislava</a> is officially adopted for the city of Pressburg.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/April_1919/y5jNKLGh">April 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_5/M78bdVSy">April 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Pinsk_massacre/SQw3Ssl0">Pinsk massacre</a>: 35 Jews are killed by the <a href="/facts/Polish_Army/F3W3SKRv">Polish Army</a> without trial after being accused of Bolshevism.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a>–<a href="/facts/April_7/RqhK5GY4">7</a> – The <a href="/facts/Bavarian_Soviet_Republic/KUI4y7Aj">Bavarian Soviet Republic</a> is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_10/AuHxexMb">April 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Mexican_Revolution/00UPAByl">Mexican Revolution</a> leader <a href="/facts/Emiliano_Zapata/FghdaJH4">Emiliano Zapata</a> is ambushed and shot dead in <a href="/facts/Morelos/s9DqvVjU">Morelos</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_12/KAqu5oxB">April 12</a> – French <a href="/facts/Serial_killer/3Sr3d6Vo">serial killer</a> <a href="/facts/Henri_D%25C3%25A9sir%25C3%25A9_Landru/gsTtcmPP">Henri Désiré Landru</a> is arrested.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_13/DI6WefJX">April 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre/1oB6p3mc">Amritsar Massacre</a>: Under the command of <a href="/facts/Reginald_Dyer/mIJVdrBt">Reginald Dyer</a>, detachments of the <a href="/facts/9th_Gorkha_Rifles/Cq9RHaec">9th Gorkha Rifles</a> and the <a href="/facts/59th_Scinde_Rifles_(Frontier_Force)/NmyzPyIE">59th Scinde Rifles</a> massacre 379 Sikh civilians at <a href="/facts/Jallianwala_Bagh/Q6UEkEJr">Jallianwala Bagh</a> in <a href="/facts/Amritsar/xAGGMTIG">Amritsar</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Punjab_Province_(British_India)/wWz41Ad1">Punjab Province</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eugene_V._Debs/RVTLUFJ1">Eugene V. Debs</a> enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against <a href="/facts/Conscription_in_the_United_States/gTDVEpRS">conscription in the United States</a> during World War I.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_15/3XXwm4v4">April 15</a> – The <a href="/facts/Save_the_Children_Fund/qWe6AAyh">Save the Children Fund</a> is created in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> – The <a href="/facts/French_Army/NCnjovlu">French Army</a> blows up the bridge over the <a href="/facts/Dniester/UhEG0beX">Dniester</a> at <a href="/facts/Bender%2c_Moldova/9gtlmPkU">Bender, Moldova</a>, to protect the city from the <a href="/facts/Bolsheviks/UAHzalnN">Bolsheviks</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_22/pWjeSjSg">April 22</a>–<a href="/facts/June_20/k8thsbu0">June 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/Counteroffensive_of_Eastern_Front/I1oVDuVS">Counteroffensive of Eastern Front</a> – The Reds go on the offensive on the Siberia Front: General <a href="/facts/Hayk_Bzhishkyan/9ha2U9ef">Gaya Gai</a> defeats the White forces near Orenburg after a 3-day battle. Over the next weeks, the Red Army pushes the Whites behind the <a href="/facts/Ural_Mountains/gzNoPkt6">Ural Mountains</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_23/VCyKHdkg">April 23</a> – The <a href="/facts/Estonian_Constituent_Assembly/xsodxWAL">Estonian Constituent Assembly</a> convenes its first session.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/facts/Bauhaus/v2sWtxcj">Bauhaus</a></i> architectural and design movement is founded in <a href="/facts/Weimar/b18pDg1Q">Weimar</a>, Germany.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anzac_Day/myjGEFUG">Anzac Day</a> is observed for the first time in Australia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pancho_Villa/7AMoS69t">Pancho Villa</a> takes <a href="/facts/Parral%2c_Chihuahua/ka5eo2xS">Parral, Chihuahua</a>, in Mexico, and executes the mayor and his two sons.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – First wave of <a href="/facts/1919_United_States_anarchist_bombings/jHH0REMo">1919 United States anarchist bombings</a>: several bombs sent by <a href="/facts/Galleanisti/9u3P5fFT">followers</a> of the <a href="/facts/Italian_anarchist/H6adUu5k">Italian anarchist</a> <a href="/facts/Luigi_Galleani/4xq1WLy5">Luigi Galleani</a> are intercepted.</li></ul> <h3>May</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/May_1919/96lm1U1E">May 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> – <a href="/facts/May_Day_Riots_of_1919/eUuIHluL">May Day Riots</a> break out in <a href="/facts/Cleveland%2c_Ohio/rQb7qveu">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, United States; 2 people are killed, 40 injured, and 116 arrested.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Weimar_Republic/LYYS66ad">Weimar Republic</a> troops and the <a href="/facts/Freikorps/RmAHWY0T">Freikorps</a> occupy <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a> and crush the <a href="/facts/Bavarian_Soviet_Republic/KUI4y7Aj">Bavarian Soviet Republic</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_3/CuHe5Nu9">May 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Am%25C4%2581null%25C4%2581h_Kh%25C4%2581n/M98NGd6m">Amānullāh Khān</a> attacks the British government in India.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_4/m5CrVBfW">May 4</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/May_Fourth_Movement/UCcAFUf8">May Fourth Movement</a> erupts in China as a result of the decision at the Paris Peace Conference to transfer former German concessions in <a href="/facts/Jiaozhou_Bay/G30GRT7I">Jiaozhou Bay</a> to Japan rather than return sovereign authority to China.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/League_of_Red_Cross_Societies/zNRcDSoS">League of Red Cross Societies</a> is formed in Paris.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_6/blgxDDYV">May 6</a> – The <a href="/facts/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War/vo66BHCo">Third Anglo-Afghan War</a> begins.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_8/PEe2X6Xh">May 8</a>–<a href="/facts/May_27/TWP3cqDQ">27</a> – <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a> <a href="/facts/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company/LSm6b46F">Curtiss</a> <a href="/facts/Flying_boat/UmALvlKC">flying boat</a> <a href="/facts/NC-4/jGyeVI6Y">NC-4</a>, commanded by <a href="/facts/Albert_Cushing_Read/qo8zox4a">Albert Cushing Read</a>, makes the first <a href="/facts/Transatlantic_flight/g9QekA7u">transatlantic flight</a>, from <a href="/facts/Naval_Air_Station_Rockaway/IYB2PA04">Naval Air Station Rockaway</a> to <a href="/facts/Lisbon/zFTcC99e">Lisbon</a> via <a href="/facts/Trepassey/wBaD5Nm3">Trepassey</a>, <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_(island)/PdfPl9ca">Newfoundland</a> (departs <a href="/facts/May_16/GjA7NgnX">May 16</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Azores/yWF1EGs8">Azores</a> (arrives <a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a>). (On <a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a>–<a href="/facts/May_31/GKIS7DQr">31</a> it flies on to <a href="/facts/Plymouth/FhYcrnqf">Plymouth</a> in England.)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> – In Belgium, a new electoral law introduces <a href="/facts/Universal_manhood_suffrage/PSet82Y0">universal manhood suffrage</a> and gives the franchise to certain classes of women.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> – The <a href="/facts/University_College_of_Wales%2c_Aberystwyth/FplWGQHF">University College of Wales, Aberystwyth</a>, establishes probably the world's first chair in <a href="/facts/International_relations/FgLEX3Cy">International Politics</a>, endowed by <a href="/facts/David_Davies%2c_1st_Baron_Davies/S4E61fJj">David Davies</a> and his sisters in honour of <a href="/facts/Woodrow_Wilson/zE4yxK2X">Woodrow Wilson</a>, with <a href="/facts/Alfred_Eckhard_Zimmern/CeTXghrQ">Alfred Eckhard Zimmern</a> as first professor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Greek_landing_at_Smyrna/lsRB6d0H">Greek landing at Smyrna</a>: The <a href="/facts/Hellenic_Army/0tcfewEg">Hellenic Army</a> lands at <a href="/facts/%25C4%25B0zmir/CUkMRT28">Smyrna</a> assisted by ships of the British <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a>.</li> <li>A law providing for full <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_suffrage/4sRR3ad7">women's suffrage</a> in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a> is introduced.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_general_strike/06mDWu4g">Winnipeg general strike</a>: Workers in <a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a>, Canada, begin a strike for better wages and working conditions; the strike lasts for six weeks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%25C3%25BCrk/RYKRRRst">Mustafa Kemal Atatürk</a> lands at <a href="/facts/Samsun/LpdfQeQA">Samsun</a> on the <a href="/facts/Anatolia/vMkrLrPr">Anatolian</a> <a href="/facts/Black_Sea/M0rLKvge">Black Sea</a> coast, marking the start of the <a href="/facts/Turkish_War_of_Independence/GtV8LuII">Turkish War of Independence</a>. The anniversary of this event is also an official day of Turkish Youth.</li> <li>Volcano <a href="/facts/Kelud/82URWrqF">Kelud</a> erupts in <a href="/facts/Java/2MNA2rLm">Java</a>, killing about 5,000.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – The <a href="/facts/University_of_California/M9AWowUd">University of California</a> opens its second campus in Los Angeles. Initially called <a href="/facts/Southern_Branch_of_the_University_of_California/KwPz7AK1">Southern Branch of the University of California</a> (SBUC), it is eventually renamed the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Los_Angeles/KwPz7AK1">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (UCLA).</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_25/VasFejaY">May 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian War of Independence</a>: <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> forces capture <a href="/facts/Pskov/qKXnn0um">Pskov</a> from the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>, and soon hand it over to the <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White forces</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_27/TWP3cqDQ">May 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fyodor_Raskolnikov/82kF92yK">Fyodor Raskolnikov</a> is exchanged for 14 British prisoners of war.</li> <li>Siege of <a href="/facts/Spin_Boldak/4J1od6qP">Spin Boldak</a> (<a href="/facts/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War/vo66BHCo">Third Anglo-Afghan War</a>). This is the last time the <a href="/facts/British_Army/StuY9Jy2">British Army</a> uses an <a href="/facts/Escalade/99F55LGr">escalade</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_29/aEkfT7p6">May 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eddington_experiment/e5tlPKWq">Eddington experiment</a>: <a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein/CNTet8qu">Einstein</a>'s theory of <a href="/facts/General_relativity/jVsoIg8X">general relativity</a> is tested by <a href="/facts/Arthur_Eddington/b0jPBaSA">Arthur Eddington</a>'s observation of the "bending of light" during a total <a href="/facts/Solar_eclipse/2XsCFG1a">solar eclipse</a> in <a href="/facts/Pr%25C3%25ADncipe/C8HLuyCx">Príncipe</a>, and by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Crommelin/yB6pcSxW">Andrew Crommelin</a> in <a href="/facts/Sobral%2c_Cear%25C3%25A1/4tfY6Bvv">Sobral, Ceará</a>, Brazil (confirmed <a href="/facts/November_19/r6ss938W">November 19</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Prekmurje/78v3FuII">Republic of Prekmurje</a> formally declares independence from <a href="/facts/Hungarian_Soviet_Republic/l8LRL9GH">Hungary</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – By agreement with the United Kingdom, later confirmed by the <a href="/facts/League_of_Nations/PQlcKzXs">League of Nations</a>, Belgium is given the <a href="/facts/League_of_Nations_mandate/CXCj7gno">mandate</a> over part of <a href="/facts/German_East_Africa/H5MrfHFk">German East Africa</a> (<a href="/facts/Ruanda-Urundi/zaAj7gCz">Ruanda-Urundi</a>).</li></ul> <h3>June</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/June_1919/1AlBqkyD">June 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June/ylBTBDI7">June</a> – <a href="/facts/Earl_W._Bascom/M4WDuWaf">Earl W. Bascom</a>, rodeo cowboy and artist, along with his father John W. Bascom at <a href="/facts/Lethbridge/5Ye2tIss">Lethbridge</a>, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a>, Canada, designs and makes rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute, which becomes the world standard.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_2/zjc1BdRn">June 2</a> – <a href="/facts/1919_United_States_anarchist_bombings/jHH0REMo">1919 United States anarchist bombings</a>: Eight mail bombs are sent to prominent figures.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_4/PfrgETqB">June 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_rights/82YGpkAT">Women's rights</a>: The <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> approves the <a href="/facts/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/Rbcf76sP">Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>, which would guarantee <a href="/facts/Suffrage/HFFSpSCG">suffrage</a> to women, and sends it to the states for ratification.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_5/9GEpftBB">June 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian</a> and <a href="/facts/Latvian_War_of_Independence/blxIH368">Latvian Wars of Independence</a>: The advancing pro-German <i><a href="/facts/Baltische_Landeswehr/4EHIdUWu">Baltische Landeswehr</a></i> initiates war against <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> in Northern <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_6/n68FjLjI">June 6</a> – The Hungarian Red Army attacks the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Prekmurje/78v3FuII">Republic of Prekmurje</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_7/65d6SCTG">June 7</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Sette_Giugno/3EDP2Y0J">Sette Giugno</a></i> on Malta: British troops fire on a mob protesting against the colonial government, killing four.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/Counteroffensive_of_Eastern_Front/I1oVDuVS">Counteroffensive of Eastern Front</a>: The Red army captures the city of <a href="/facts/Birsk/Hp12IcNP">Birsk</a> from the <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White forces</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_9/sL5DYEJ0">June 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/Counteroffensive_of_Eastern_Front/I1oVDuVS">Counteroffensive of Eastern Front</a>: The Red army recaptures the city of <a href="/facts/Ufa/pKeEDcYl">Ufa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_14/lh9kkXn2">June 14</a>–<a href="/facts/June_15/Gv1phhWL">15</a> – A <a href="/facts/Vickers_Vimy/m6PYItSL">Vickers Vimy</a> piloted by British aviator <a href="/facts/John_Alcock_(RAF_officer)/aItgFhbo">John Alcock</a>, with navigator <a href="/facts/Arthur_Whitten_Brown/MNyMhLo8">Arthur Whitten Brown</a>, makes the first <a href="/facts/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown/hancaWFe">nonstop transatlantic flight</a>, from <a href="/facts/St._John%2527s%2c_Newfoundland/D7HoujDF">St. John's, Newfoundland</a>, to <a href="/facts/Clifden/nw81egpC">Clifden</a>, <a href="/facts/Connemara/y8INE1pI">Connemara</a>, Ireland.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_15/Gv1phhWL">June 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Pancho_Villa/7AMoS69t">Pancho Villa</a> attacks <a href="/facts/Ciudad_Ju%25C3%25A1rez/HofCcQYd">Ciudad Juárez</a>, Mexico. When the bullets begin to fly to the American side of the border, two units of the United States <a href="/facts/7th_Cavalry_Regiment/X5McXPjH">7th Cavalry Regiment</a> cross the border, to push Villa's forces from American territory.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Epsom_Riot/h3zcIrLD">Epsom Riot</a> by Canadian troops: English Police Sergeant Thomas Green is killed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_18/q2teIc65">June 18</a> – The second most popular<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club in Costa Rica, <a href="/facts/Liga_Deportiva_Alajuelense/7nRE1qYI">Liga Deportiva Alajuelense</a>, is founded.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_20/k8thsbu0">June 20</a>–<a href="/facts/June_25/3dtwUR6Q">25</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Southern Front: The White <a href="/facts/Volunteer_Army/475mbELd">Volunteer Army</a> defeats the exhausted Red forces in the <a href="/facts/Kharkiv_Operation_(June_1919)/RKdMSm8G">Kharkiv Operation</a>, capturing the industrial city of <a href="/facts/Kharkiv/25Gd4znl">Kharkiv</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_General_Strike/06mDWu4g">Bloody Saturday</a> of the <a href="/facts/Winnipeg_general_strike/06mDWu4g">Winnipeg general strike</a>: <a href="/facts/Royal_North-West_Mounted_Police/9U7Nh59k">Royal North-West Mounted Police</a> fire a volley of bullets into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_at_Scapa_Flow/pSs8429M">Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow</a>: Admiral <a href="/facts/Ludwig_von_Reuter/cE2aBJEe">Ludwig von Reuter</a> scuttles the German fleet interned at <a href="/facts/Scapa_Flow/PBDsXQmA">Scapa Flow</a>, Scotland; nine German sailors are killed.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_23/uWeRXBbG">June 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian</a> and <a href="/facts/Latvian_War_of_Independence/blxIH368">Latvian Wars of Independence</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_C%25C4%2593sis_(1919)/S7bCho4r">Battle of Cēsis</a>: The <a href="/facts/Estonian_army/cI5wKBIl">Estonian army</a> defeats the pro-German <i><a href="/facts/Baltische_Landeswehr/4EHIdUWu">Baltische Landeswehr</a></i> in northern <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a>, forcing it to retreat towards <a href="/facts/Riga/PCWbJn2h">Riga</a>; the event is celebrated subsequently as <a href="/facts/Victory_Day/qhhGm7E0">Victory Day</a> in Estonia.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_26/KnqlWh62">June 26</a> – <a href="/facts/British_Foreign_Office/QQqx2MwF">British Foreign Office</a> official <a href="/facts/St_John_Philby/cqvTM7sp">St John Philby</a> and <a href="/facts/T._E._Lawrence/XWnEQrU9">T. E. Lawrence</a> arrive in <a href="/facts/Cairo/dXjj60ar">Cairo</a> for discussions about Arab unrest in <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a>, having been flown by Canadian pilot <a href="/facts/Harry_Yates_(pilot)/H5xqWuVG">Harry Yates</a> in a <a href="/facts/Handley_Page/vKUlo3Rk">Handley Page</a> <a href="/facts/Bomber/YKEYbswu">bomber</a> which set off from England on <a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_28/r7YMdmGk">June 28</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Versailles/BsNmjaqV">Treaty of Versailles</a> is signed, formally ending <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>, five years to the day since the <a href="/facts/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand/TPK68sok">assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <a href="/facts/John_Maynard_Keynes/4otHjBRu">John Maynard Keynes</a>, who has been present at the conference and is unhappy with the terms of the treaty, brings out his own analysis later in the year, entitled <i><a href="/facts/The_Economic_Consequences_of_the_Peace/7k07D0Ir">The Economic Consequences of the Peace</a></i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/International_Labour_Organization/Lek9y8b6">International Labour Organization</a> (ILO) is established as an agency of the <a href="/facts/League_of_Nations/PQlcKzXs">League of Nations</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>July</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/July_1919/osQB4IM6">July 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_1/KU7lnN6l">July 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/Perm_Operation_(1918%25E2%2580%259319)/nMqe2vLG">Perm Operation (1918–19)</a> begins on the Siberian Front: The 2nd and 3rd armies of Soviet Russia recapture the city of <a href="/facts/Perm%2c_Russia/wNSSEqLC">Perm</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a> – The <a href="/facts/Syrian_National_Congress/g62ksgum">Syrian National Congress</a> in <a href="/facts/Damascus/IL0Qwt6R">Damascus</a>: Arab nationalists announce independence.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a>–<a href="/facts/July_6/nzDAeGrf">6</a> – British <a href="/facts/Airship/8X3TSBdx">airship</a> <a href="/facts/R34_(airship)/q8QdvsYD">R34</a> makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible, and the first westbound flight, from <a href="/facts/RAF_East_Fortune/LFWERJWm">RAF East Fortune</a>, Scotland, to <a href="/facts/Mineola%2c_New_York/GWYvEokQ">Mineola, New York</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Estonian_War_of_Independence/N9CaL4XP">Estonian</a> and <a href="/facts/Latvian_War_of_Independence/blxIH368">Latvian Wars of Independence</a>: The pro-German <i><a href="/facts/Baltische_Landeswehr/4EHIdUWu">Baltische Landeswehr</a></i> signs a peace treaty with <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> and <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a>. The pro-German <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Latvia/gdAWoavl">Prime Minister of Latvia</a> <a href="/facts/Andrievs_Niedra/yIcjKNfa">Andrievs Niedra</a> resigns, and Latvian forces take over Riga on <a href="/facts/July_8/tqgp1Lpy">July 8</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Southern Front: General <a href="/facts/Anton_Denikin/hkmLq1Nl">Anton Denikin</a> of the White <a href="/facts/Volunteer_Army/475mbELd">Volunteer Army</a> proclaims Directive No. 08878 (the Moscow Directive), defining the operational and strategic target of the White Guard armies, to seize Moscow at this time controlled by the Bolsheviks, beginning the <a href="/facts/Advance_on_Moscow_(1919)/NHbLoHwU">Advance on Moscow</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_5/dYIrCBFc">July 5</a>–<a href="/facts/July_20/vLon7lPc">20</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Eastern or Siberian Front, Ekaterinburg Operation: The Red Army captures the city of <a href="/facts/Ekaterinburg/PgF4pldC">Ekaterinburg</a> in the <a href="/facts/Ural_Mountains/gzNoPkt6">Ural Mountains</a> from the White rule of Admiral <a href="/facts/Alexander_Kolchak/3SSyFa92">Alexander Kolchak</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a> – The <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the <a href="/facts/U.S._Highway_System/1qQo9GBm">U.S. Highway System</a> has not commenced.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> – The <a href="/facts/Eight-hour_day/UqY7lICn">eight-hour day</a> and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_19/I0r0n2mL">July 19</a> – The Foreign Ministry of the <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic/mgadN3Lz">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a> is established, by decree of the chancellory for foreign affairs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Wingfoot_Air_Express_crash/LIjEa4vB">Wingfoot Air Express crash</a>: The <a href="/facts/Dirigible/8X3TSBdx">dirigible</a> <i>Wingfoot Air Express</i> catches fire over downtown Chicago. Two passengers, one aircrewman and ten people on the ground are killed; however, two people <a href="/facts/Parachute/598qrAdg">parachute</a> to the ground safely.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – The <a href="/facts/Chicago_Race_Riot_of_1919/R2YeAWLC">Chicago Race Riot of 1919</a> begins when a white man throws stones at a group of four black teens on a raft.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_28/IY2HE1aj">July 28</a> – The <a href="/facts/International_Astronomical_Union/GMFPImXo">International Astronomical Union</a> is founded in Paris, France.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_31/XlP9dbAo">July 31</a> – <a href="/facts/British_police_strikes_in_1918_and_1919/UTzGqNoD">British police strikes</a> in London and <a href="/facts/Liverpool/kTqATlxg">Liverpool</a> for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers; over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.</li></ul> <h3>August</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/August_1919/TNW1banQ">August 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_1/K6a8b43b">August 1</a> – <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9la_Kun/ffvgVkuc">Béla Kun</a>'s <a href="/facts/Hungarian_Soviet_Republic/l8LRL9GH">Hungarian Soviet Republic</a> collapses.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_3/9AcKoe0e">August 3</a> – The Romanian army enters <a href="/facts/Timi%25C8%2599oara/z4PAkdCE">Timișoara</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> – The Romanian army occupies <a href="/facts/Budapest/VdcUAkxm">Budapest</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> – The <a href="/facts/Anglo-Afghan_Treaty_of_1919/At565gyh">Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919</a>, signed in <a href="/facts/Rawalpindi/0CME2ljS">Rawalpindi</a>, ends the <a href="/facts/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War/vo66BHCo">Third Anglo-Afghan War</a>, with the United Kingdom recognising the right of the <a href="/facts/Emirate_of_Afghanistan/12lQfhrs">Emirate of Afghanistan</a> to manage its own foreign affairs and Afghanistan recognising the <a href="/facts/Durand_Line/LMyb6sjT">Durand Line</a> as the border with <a href="/facts/British_India/qdbjMfvI">British India</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_11/wU6X1Ukc">August 11</a> – In Germany, the <a href="/facts/Weimar_Constitution/bIc3YkW5">Weimar Constitution</a> is proclaimed to be in effect (ratified).</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_14/9uA40VzY">August 14</a>–<a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/Southern_Front_counteroffensive/ykSQdSac">Southern Front counteroffensive</a> – The <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> commanded by <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Yegoryev/IDlCRhWa">Vladimir Yegoryev</a> attacks the <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">White</a> <a href="/facts/Volunteer_Army/475mbELd">Volunteer Army</a> of General <a href="/facts/Anton_Denikin/hkmLq1Nl">Anton Denikin</a> but is defeated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_16/W7hpMxEU">August 16</a>–<a href="/facts/August_26/7FX0ghhn">26</a> – <a href="/facts/First_Silesian_Uprising/bUP2XmCG">First Silesian Uprising</a>: Poles in <a href="/facts/Upper_Silesia/NHm8MPN6">Upper Silesia</a> rise against the Germans.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_18/BLYFtpnd">August 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: <a href="/facts/North_Russia_intervention/K0hVkJCp">North Russia intervention</a> – The <a href="/facts/Bolshevik/UAHzalnN">Bolshevik</a> fleet at <a href="/facts/Kronstadt/GCm4IIAg">Kronstadt</a>, protecting <a href="/facts/Petrograd/pNuCBxaM">Petrograd</a> on the <a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a>, is substantially damaged by British Royal Navy <a href="/facts/Coastal_Motor_Boat/t8k3Xaxu">Coastal Motor Boats</a> (<a href="/facts/Torpedo_boat/lPtPPLD2">torpedo boats</a>) and <a href="/facts/Military_aircraft/hG80LP2F">military aircraft</a> in a combined operation.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_21/o8jQvlp0">August 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Ebert/LbR9ygjh">Friedrich Ebert</a> becomes the first <a href="/facts/President_of_Germany_(1919%25E2%2580%25931945)/T80fAUWI">President of Germany</a> (<i>Reichspräsident</i>) under the Weimar Constitution.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – South African Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Louis_Botha/vWDhQwus">Louis Botha</a> dies in office of '<a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a>'.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_29/sI8bjYAM">August 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a> captures <a href="/facts/Pskov/qKXnn0um">Pskov</a> from White forces.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Southern Front: the city of <a href="/facts/Kyiv/uVAMxK8R">Kyiv</a> is captured by the <a href="/facts/White_Army/MnBtDHWf">White Army</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_America/HzjqxVkv">Communist Party of America</a> is established.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>September</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/September_1919/qB6tP9wN">September 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_1/Masvqhar">September 1</a>–<a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Siberian Front: Admiral <a href="/facts/Alexander_Kolchak/3SSyFa92">Alexander Kolchak</a> launches his final offensive in the Tobolsk operation, defeating the <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_3/HveWHyJI">September 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Jan_Smuts/SYE36ekh">Jan Smuts</a> becomes the second <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_South_Africa/R3wbwE2o">prime minister</a> of <a href="/facts/Union_of_South_Africa/bwmp5mXt">South Africa</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_6/RRFP6ywh">September 6</a> – The U.S. Army expedition across North America, which started <a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a>, ends in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_10/1EqUc6E2">September 10</a>–<a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">15</a> – The <a href="/facts/1919_Florida_Keys_hurricane/fGUbxABt">Florida Keys hurricane</a> kills 600 in the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Mexico/bGE5s57G">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a> and <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_10/1EqUc6E2">September 10</a> – The <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Saint-Germain/pF4eTPUH">Treaty of Saint-Germain</a> is signed, ending World War I with <a href="/facts/Austria-Hungary/9WPUPj0W">Austria-Hungary</a> and declaring that the latter's empire is to be dissolved. The <a href="/facts/Republic_of_German-Austria/9dpEoaqm">Republic of German-Austria</a> becomes the <a href="/facts/First_Austrian_Republic/2kAQWIX8">First Austrian Republic</a> but retains less than 40% of the prewar imperial territory.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Gabriele_D%2527Annunzio/RqegHDxb">Gabriele D'Annunzio</a>, with his entourage, marches into <a href="/facts/Fiume/6WS5rse2">Fiume</a> and convinces Italian troops to join him.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> – <a href="/facts/German_South_West_Africa/NhNk647H">German South West Africa</a> is placed under South African administration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_18/4BxhKt1x">September 18</a>–<a href="/facts/November_14/BWGYEkQS">November 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Western Front: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Petrograd/eHBISBAr">Battle of Petrograd</a>: The White general <a href="/facts/Nikolai_Yudenich/hDdGepKf">Nikolai Yudenich</a> approaches the city of <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a> with 18,500 soldiers, but is defeated by the defense organized by <a href="/facts/Leon_Trotsky/082m5WTN">Leon Trotsky</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – The <a href="/facts/Steel_strike_of_1919/bIj1LFvW">Steel strike of 1919</a> begins across the United States.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_27/AlKebam5">September 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The last British Army troops leave <a href="/facts/Arkhangelsk/27feTUm7">Arkhangelsk</a> and leave the fighting to the Russians.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_30/ESdoV1cW">September 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Elaine_massacre/5X4jh49N">Elaine massacre</a>: An estimated 100 to 800 <a href="/facts/African_Americans/pTgcAdo8">African Americans</a> are killed<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> in <a href="/facts/Elaine%2c_Arkansas/8X5TFaP7">Elaine, Arkansas</a>, by white mobs and vigilante militias assisted by federal troops<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> in "the deadliest racial confrontation in <a href="/facts/Arkansas/Qun124UP">Arkansas</a> history and possibly the bloodiest <a href="/facts/Racial_conflict/SfrqGbu8">racial conflict</a> in the history of the United States".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>October</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/October_1919/agPTfvAc">October 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – President of the United States <a href="/facts/Woodrow_Wilson/zE4yxK2X">Woodrow Wilson</a> suffers a serious stroke, rendering him an invalid for the remainder of his life.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> – The Dutch airline <a href="/facts/KLM/MqV26wwo">KLM</a> is founded (as of 2022, it is the world's <a href="/facts/List_of_airlines_by_foundation_date/zIqspHH4">oldest airline</a> still flying under its original name).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – In <a href="/facts/Major_League_Baseball/4WW9yef3">Major League Baseball</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cincinnati_Reds/dXCFjCGI">Cincinnati Reds</a> win the <a href="/facts/1919_World_Series/ExQVjXYu">World Series</a>, five games to three, over the <a href="/facts/Chicago_White_Sox/YMFXqVIs">Chicago White Sox</a>, whose players are later found to have <a href="/facts/Black_Sox_Scandal/g5xs4cHc">lost intentionally</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_10/hmYlL72H">October 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> adopts a radical <a href="/facts/Land_reform/EYzj56Ws">land reform</a>, nationalizing 97% of agrarian lands, mostly still belonging to the <a href="/facts/Baltic_German_nobility/8x5lw6ox">Baltic German nobility</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – The <a href="/facts/Convention_relating_to_the_Regulation_of_Aerial_Navigation/WMp5fCr4">Convention relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation</a> is signed, in <a href="/facts/Paris%2c_France/DrNHpwnA">Paris, France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> – In <a href="/facts/Weimar_Republic/LYYS66ad">Germany</a>, <a href="/facts/Adolf_Hitler/3zyXG1L8">Adolf Hitler</a> gives his first speech for the <a href="/facts/German_Workers%2527_Party/NoQtb4zy">German Workers' Party</a> (DAP).</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_26/fu1RczjD">October 26</a> – <a href="/facts/1919_Luxembourg_general_election/DXfjjADq">1919 Luxembourg general election</a>, the first in the duchy with <a href="/facts/Female_suffrage/4sRR3ad7">female suffrage</a>, following constitutional amendments of May 15.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_28/030z6rqj">October 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Prohibition_in_the_United_States/53aVxXXb">Prohibition in the United States</a>: The <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> passes the <a href="/facts/Volstead_Act/wkGnuWRb">Volstead Act</a>, over President <a href="/facts/Woodrow_Wilson/zE4yxK2X">Woodrow Wilson</a>'s veto. Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, <a href="/facts/1920/cMv9MvzA">1920</a>, under the provisions of the <a href="/facts/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/cYJrWegP">Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_29/JP1TLGYp">October 29</a>–<a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – First Annual Meeting of the <a href="/facts/International_Labour_Conference/Lek9y8b6">International Labour Conference</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>November</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/November_1919/nwzSfFfv">November 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/First_Red_Scare/vf5qXDbr">Coal Strike of 1919</a> begins in the United States, by the <a href="/facts/United_Mine_Workers/bzf0zRnh">United Mine Workers</a> under <a href="/facts/John_L._Lewis/SGWau5WL">John L. Lewis</a>; a final agreement is reached on <a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> <ul><li>The first of the <a href="/facts/Palmer_Raids/R3AgVRuP">Palmer Raids</a> is conducted on the second anniversary of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Revolution/kk1z6pnH">Russian Revolution</a>: over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S. cities by the end of January 1920.</li> <li>Inspired by Cape Town's daily <a href="/facts/Noon_Gun/DXz2M0m5">Noon Gun</a> Three Minute Pause, King <a href="/facts/George_V/qynFheE2">George V</a> institutes the <a href="/facts/Two-minute_silence/yKsQmywN">Two Minute Silence</a>, following a suggestion by <a href="/facts/James_Percy_FitzPatrick/gaNT5I6T">Sir Percy Fitzpatrick</a>, to be observed annually at <a href="/facts/Armistice_Day/SaRNYtxL">the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Felix_the_Cat/RDJBJdVc">Felix the Cat</a> debuts in <i><a href="/facts/Feline_Follies/gzLU5AS0">Feline Follies</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a>–<a href="/facts/November_12/D8NnghM3">12</a> – The first national convention of the <a href="/facts/American_Legion/bBkpohv1">American Legion</a> is held in <a href="/facts/Minneapolis/gEsXsP3d">Minneapolis</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Abrams_v._United_States/pX1uyE0l">Abrams v. United States</a></i>: The <a href="/facts/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/rJHothwW">Supreme Court of the United States</a> upholds the conviction of Abrams for inciting resistance to the war effort against <a href="/facts/Soviet_Russia/W9pC4bK6">Soviet Russia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>: The <a href="/facts/White_Movement/lAGgYPBE">Northwestern Army</a> of General <a href="/facts/Nikolai_Yudenich/hDdGepKf">Nikolai Yudenich</a> retreats to <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> and is disarmed.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Centralia_Massacre_(Washington)/BMfS9fqJ">Centralia Massacre</a> in <a href="/facts/Centralia%2c_Washington/E5T7Wo8G">Centralia, Washington</a> (United States), originating at an <a href="/facts/Armistice_Day/SaRNYtxL">Armistice Day</a> parade, results in the deaths of four members of the <a href="/facts/American_Legion/bBkpohv1">American Legion</a> and the lynching of a local leader of the <a href="/facts/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World/5Pyhrypn">Industrial Workers of the World</a> (IWW).</li> <li>First <a href="/facts/Remembrance_Day/NqLRJoaX">Remembrance Day</a> observed in the <a href="/facts/British_Empire/hrsz0j7A">British Empire</a> with a <a href="/facts/Two-minute_silence/yKsQmywN">two-minute silence</a> at 11:00 hours.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_14/BWGYEkQS">November 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Siberian Front: Admiral <a href="/facts/Alexander_Kolchak/3SSyFa92">Alexander Kolchak</a>'s White forces begin the <a href="/facts/Great_Siberian_Ice_March/JJa2uoHL">Great Siberian Ice March</a> from the cities of <a href="/facts/Omsk/DXfVVpHs">Omsk</a> and <a href="/facts/Tomsk/qyPfDoQQ">Tomsk</a> to <a href="/facts/Irkutsk/tWMSLMNt">Irkutsk</a>, escaping from the victorious <a href="/facts/Red_Army/n15nLQTu">Red Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_16/9NKJYenm">November 16</a> – After <a href="/facts/Entente_cordiale/6oekn86r">Entente</a> pressure, Romanian forces withdraw from <a href="/facts/Budapest/VdcUAkxm">Budapest</a> and allow <a href="/facts/Admiral_Horthy/9nLyVXEw">Admiral Horthy</a> to march in.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_19/r6ss938W">November 19</a> – The <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Versailles/BsNmjaqV">Treaty of Versailles</a> fails a critical ratification vote in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate/VyzXHE01">United States Senate</a>. It will never be ratified by the U.S.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_27/1oxhThC3">November 27</a> – The <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Neuilly-sur-Seine/ah6C2WUL">Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine</a> is signed between the <a href="/facts/Allies_of_World_War_I/HBo9sw1M">Allies</a> and <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria/8p074GL0">Bulgaria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_30/bxhWS29d">November 30</a> – Health officials declare the global <a href="/facts/1918_flu_pandemic/dSI1TWUD">"Spanish" flu pandemic</a> has ceased.</li></ul> <h3>December</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/December_1919/NgP8o9k9">December 1919</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> <ul><li>American-born <a href="/facts/Nancy_Astor%2c_Viscountess_Astor/tSd92jeR">Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor</a>, becomes the first woman to take her seat in the <a href="/facts/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom/IyyztqLo">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>, having become the second to be elected on November 28.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></li> <li>XWA (modern-day <a href="/facts/CINW/c49BDpbQ">CINW</a>), in <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>, becomes the first public <a href="/facts/Radio_station/FLJVq8Ec">radio station</a> in North America to go on the air.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the <a href="/facts/Quebec_Bridge/7UJ6UhM7">Quebec Bridge</a> opens to traffic.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – The <a href="/facts/French_Opera_House/rDexxe35">French Opera House</a> in <a href="/facts/New_Orleans/IgCn61KH">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/facts/Louisiana/2GvfFcKE">Louisiana</a> is destroyed by fire.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_5/qEN5wMzt">December 5</a> – The <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Turkish</a> Ministry of War releases <a href="/facts/Greeks/wXwd2xlb">Greeks</a>, <a href="/facts/Armenians/SxHfJF8N">Armenians</a> and <a href="/facts/Jew/T9Y4wE6A">Jews</a> from <a href="/facts/Conscription/SstkxdBk">military service</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_17/XUw2Jewn">December 17</a> – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_18/54N9zaoh">December 18</a>–<a href="/facts/December_31/YBW5G3CP">31</a> – <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>, Southern Front: The Red army <a href="/facts/Donbas_Operation_(1919)/MwcJYX5t">captures</a> the <a href="/facts/Donbas/R0SRLmoj">Donbas</a> region from the <a href="/facts/Volunteer_Army/475mbELd">Volunteer Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – The United States deports 249 people, including <a href="/facts/Emma_Goldman/x8ld62Yo">Emma Goldman</a>, to Russia on the <a href="/facts/USAT_Buford/tX1gMSMR">USAT <i>Buford</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_23/FRYjWUUS">December 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Sex_Disqualification_(Removal)_Act/F4Sp4v1a">Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act</a> 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom, removing legal disabilities on women entering the secular professions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_25/cQC6alfX">December 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Cliftonhill/yT8fEylM">Cliftonhill</a> Stadium in <a href="/facts/Coatbridge/XkWNWLPj">Coatbridge</a>, Scotland, opens as the home of <a href="/facts/Albion_Rovers_F.C./134vAGVq">Albion Rovers F.C.</a> They lose the opening match 2–0 to <a href="/facts/St_Mirren_F.C./z4sFX0PC">St Mirren</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_26/lt6JQINt">December 26</a> – American baseball player <a href="/facts/Babe_Ruth/LUfkyx62">Babe Ruth</a> is traded by the <a href="/facts/Boston_Red_Sox/tVFkz2HS">Boston Red Sox</a> to the <a href="/facts/New_York_Yankees/FFNE7F0J">New York Yankees</a> for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hyperinflation/Gt5pjbJU">Severe inflation</a> in Germany sees the <a href="/facts/German_Papiermark/YQpsU1t4">Papiermark</a> rise to 47 <a href="/facts/Mark_(currency)/gUVPD2Hh">marks</a> against the United States dollar by December, compared to 12 marks in April.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Births</th></tr><tr><td>January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>January</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sirr_Al-Khatim_Al-Khalifa/hVl175Vg">Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa</a>, 5th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan/7rcbVLHR">Prime Minister of Sudan</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daniil_Granin/WmMwjYaI">Daniil Granin</a>, Soviet-Russian author (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rocky_Graziano/GwAvIFDG">Rocky Graziano</a>, American boxer (d. <a href="/facts/1990/ySbaqvwp">1990</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Carole_Landis/AXfRFenI">Carole Landis</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/1948/8PpY1FY5">1948</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/J._D._Salinger/uetQdLPh">J. D. Salinger</a>, American novelist (d. <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sheila_Mercier/LcgYEpD9">Sheila Mercier</a>, British actress (d. <a href="/facts/2019/HR1M318D">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Bay/8qHNyfJA">Frances Bay</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_13/rvD8TxJq">January 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Stack/cMoqpoWN">Robert Stack</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/2003/jR4SwKlP">2003</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Giulio_Andreotti/sgC7RAsE">Giulio Andreotti</a>, Italian politician, 3-time <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Italy/LRTyxot6">Prime Minister of Italy</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Andy_Rooney/v3IKD0dF">Andy Rooney</a>, American television personality (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_15/rSvlBENa">January 15</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Cadle_Price/2snk9hb8">George Cadle Price</a>, 2-time <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Belize/pJ7VEz1R">Prime Minister of Belize</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Mingote/v7ev9oTR">Mingote</a>, Spanish cartoonist (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Antonio_Pietrangeli/ylJ149o5">Antonio Pietrangeli</a>, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. <a href="/facts/1968/KPacXbuQ">1968</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hans_Hass/epaFXe2E">Hans Hass</a>, Austrian zoologist and undersea explorer (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ernie_Kovacs/m4MUyDXN">Ernie Kovacs</a>, American comedian (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Paisley/sL4qGaCM">Bob Paisley</a>, English footballer and manager (d. <a href="/facts/1996/qrQNaXmK">1996</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Valentino_Mazzola/0xTNzpeo">Valentino Mazzola</a>, Italian footballer (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Ross_Bagdasarian_Sr./x6Cu1UHF">Ross Bagdasarian Sr.</a>, American musician and actor (<i>Alvin and the Chipmunks</i>) (d. <a href="/facts/1972/PDtUApJJ">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_31/PkENSBYc">January 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Jackie_Robinson/mBSyI02f">Jackie Robinson</a>, African-American baseball player (d. <a href="/facts/1972/PDtUApJJ">1972</a>)</li></ul> <h3>February</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_2/SWNobvWW">February 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_D%2527Angelo/TcjRkfvC">Carlo D'Angelo</a>, Italian actor and voice actor (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Janet_Waldo/0hnMK7fX">Janet Waldo</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Red_Buttons/IJdnMNjB">Red Buttons</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andreas_Papandreou/Fetb11Jc">Andreas Papandreou</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Greece/FRFuTn6y">Prime Minister of Greece</a> (1981–89 and 1993–96) (d. <a href="/facts/1996/qrQNaXmK">1996</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Eva_Gabor/Eo0ErH49">Eva Gabor</a>, Hungarian actress (d. <a href="/facts/1995/d3Qass5d">1995</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_12/ddd56jhx">February 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Forrest_Tucker/SF97cWoP">Forrest Tucker</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1986/8uT5tERV">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ferruccio_Valcareggi/XTsBHrar">Ferruccio Valcareggi</a>, Italian football player and manager (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_13/m4nA2Ft6">February 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford/E52RIccC">Tennessee Ernie Ford</a>, American musician (d. <a href="/facts/1991/2VyD1KeD">1991</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_17/B2p5gwTb">February 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Kathleen_Freeman/C8jj1Xou">Kathleen Freeman</a>, American film, television, voice and stage actress (d. <a href="/facts/2001/oo7IoNIA">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Jack_Palance/bNxFlyhm">Jack Palance</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_20/okIbPUW6">February 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Lotfollah_Safi_Golpaygani/g1hmuP8o">Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani</a>, Iranian Marja (d. <a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rie_Mastenbroek/MSknm7FH">Rie Mastenbroek</a>, Dutch swimmer (d. <a href="/facts/2003/jR4SwKlP">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hyun_Soong-jong/MhDXMB4A">Hyun Soong-jong</a>, 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_2/fwEowLwl">March 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Jennifer_Jones/WnYsnzl1">Jennifer Jones</a>, American film actress (d. <a href="/facts/2009/yEThXjmg">2009</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Peter_Abrahams/pfC9By4w">Peter Abrahams</a>, South African-born Jamaican novelist and journalist (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tadahito_Mochinaga/XB0yV3Uh">Tadahito Mochinaga</a>, Japanese stop-motion animator (d. <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Peter_Florjan%25C4%258Di%25C4%258D/EY7M7qrc">Peter Florjančič</a>, Slovenian inventor (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_7/GNEJyzVn">March 7</a> – <a href="/facts/M._N._Nambiar/5GY6n5NC">M. N. Nambiar</a>, Indian film actor (d. <a href="/facts/2008/nrFQTFDH">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_8/b66u0pus">March 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Santiago_%25C3%2581lvarez_(filmmaker)/mMtIWRSx">Santiago Álvarez</a>, Cuban filmmaker (d. <a href="/facts/1998/m0E92lbX">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_11/jQh5H0Rn">March 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Kira_Golovko/mQGFUA3u">Kira Golovko</a>, Russian actress (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Avakian/q9EIqrWv">George Avakian</a>, Armenian-American record producer and music executive (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lawrence_Tierney/r4VjmPGl">Lawrence Tierney</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/2002/8anKm4m1">2002</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nat_King_Cole/Lessgtu8">Nat King Cole</a>, African American singer (d. <a href="/facts/1965/RlpYNuG1">1965</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mad_Mike_Hoare/xBIcJHz8">Mad Mike Hoare</a>, Indian-born British mercenary of Irish parentage (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_19/dnyjjGjF">March 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Abdullah_Tariki/Yzy2gwyH">Abdullah Tariki</a>, Saudi politician and government official (d. <a href="/facts/1997/FSVnuhSn">1997</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Gerhard_Barkhorn/e6lbplgD">Gerhard Barkhorn</a>, German World War II fighter ace (d. <a href="/facts/1983/Hh9D0QTA">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_24/4wPpsvg0">March 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti/sPxRc8Ee">Lawrence Ferlinghetti</a>, American poet and publisher (d. <a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_1/Tvc7dV2L">April 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Murray/K2IgJtvI">Joseph Murray</a>, American surgeon, recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeannie_Rousseau/M2wpVL2n">Jeannie Rousseau</a>, French Allied intelligence agent (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_5/M78bdVSy">April 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Lester_James_Peries/RSP0nx4s">Lester James Peries</a>, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter and producer (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_8/9GbGXuDy">April 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Ian_Smith/cfIfyRRv">Ian Smith</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Rhodesia/xc2hhhaY">Prime Minister of Rhodesia</a> (1967–79) (d. <a href="/facts/2007/WjIPeDN1">2007</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_13/DI6WefJX">April 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Howard_Keel/e4V3o7bF">Howard Keel</a>, American singer and actor (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Esther_Afua_Ocloo/tNoz0bXe">Esther Afua Ocloo</a>, Ghanaian entrepreneur, pioneer of microlending (d. <a href="/facts/2002/8anKm4m1">2002</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_19/7VAgzapI">April 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Gloria_Mar%25C3%25ADn/0GYwSzYn">Gloria Marín</a>, Mexican actress (d. <a href="/facts/1983/Hh9D0QTA">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Bettencourt/vNK9qftt">André Bettencourt</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/facts/2007/WjIPeDN1">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Licio_Gelli/h5Gb9Fa8">Licio Gelli</a>, Italian financer (d. <a href="/facts/2015/bcMDMUaf">2015</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_22/pWjeSjSg">April 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Donald_J._Cram/R2aB0NYA">Donald J. Cram</a>, American chemist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/facts/2001/oo7IoNIA">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_24/XolRSt6G">April 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Glafcos_Clerides/P3V7Gggc">Glafcos Clerides</a>, Cypriot president (1993–2003) (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/C%25C3%25A9sar_Manrique/Ga5kfYrm">César Manrique</a>, Spanish artist, sculptor, architect and activist (d. <a href="/facts/1992/C3hhqclX">1992</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>May</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Manna_Dey/Uwyd1rwx">Manna Dey</a>, Indian playback singer (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mohammed_Karim_Lamrani/8ocHpbtl">Mohammed Karim Lamrani</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Morocco/dl5xxrdv">Prime Minister of Morocco</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dan_O%2527Herlihy/j8zzUtxt">Dan O'Herlihy</a>, Irish film actor (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_3/CuHe5Nu9">May 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Pete_Seeger/2B3Aj51X">Pete Seeger</a>, American folk singer and musician (d. <a href="/facts/2014/dJ82Jq47">2014</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_5/HTARRyUr">May 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Georgios_Papadopoulos/o7zzpCuY">Georgios Papadopoulos</a>, President of Greece and Prime Minister of Greece (d. <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_7/Nq3amdo7">May 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Eva_Per%25C3%25B3n/1KJwPwm5">Eva Perón</a>, wife of Argentine President <a href="/facts/Juan_Per%25C3%25B3n/KQQm2xGI">Juan Perón</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1952/LYQM5Bu0">1952</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_8/PEe2X6Xh">May 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Lex_Barker/oT2DmwUo">Lex Barker</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1973/U4cMWEpF">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_13/Y1dcKLuz">May 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Mellard/FoJjnm4j">Robert Mellard</a>, American US Army soldier (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Eugenia_Charles/WgfyPEte">Eugenia Charles</a>, 3rd <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Dominica/12pnTKVn">Prime Minister of Dominica</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_16/GjA7NgnX">May 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Liberace/JSJFX9vz">Liberace</a>, American pianist, singer and actor (d. <a href="/facts/1987/pThGJW7B">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Antonio_Aguilar/7wtIpLwp">Antonio Aguilar</a>, Mexican singer and actor (d. <a href="/facts/2007/WjIPeDN1">2007</a>)</li> <li>José María Querejeta, Spanish footballer (d. <a href="/facts/1989/HWvGcTeT">1989</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_18/fgnkLFEh">May 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Margot_Fonteyn/3B23W3cj">Margot Fonteyn</a>, English ballet dancer (d. <a href="/facts/1991/2VyD1KeD">1991</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arvid_Andersson_(weightlifter)/vXunt8Bs">Arvid Andersson</a>, Swedish weightlifter (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mitja_Ribi%25C4%258Di%25C4%258D/dpugWHqD">Mitja Ribičič</a>, Slovene politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_21/7eCgCTWG">May 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Vera_Altayskaya/buXpbIK6">Vera Altayskaya</a>, Soviet actress (d. <a href="/facts/1978/0yIlakn7">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Atmasthananda/zBXz3AEA">Atmasthananda</a>, Indian Hindu leader (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Vanden_Boeynants/lXsxIGrz">Paul Vanden Boeynants</a>, 2-time Prime Minister of Belgium (d. <a href="/facts/2001/oo7IoNIA">2001</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Betty_Garrett/l5y3aAUm">Betty Garrett</a>, American actress and dancer (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_25/VasFejaY">May 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Raymond_Smullyan/UMEI6TgX">Raymond Smullyan</a>, American mathematician, logician and philosopher (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Ren%25C3%25A9_Barrientos/hvUUH0CT">René Barrientos</a>, 47th <a href="/facts/President_of_Bolivia/PLSKt2co">President of Bolivia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_5/9GEpftBB">June 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Veikko_Huhtanen/3jFtoMoP">Veikko Huhtanen</a>, Finnish artistic gymnast (d. <a href="/facts/1976/78RFM9Xk">1976</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Abdirashid_Ali_Shermarke/oFjElLrc">Abdirashid Ali Shermarke</a>, 2nd President and 3rd Prime Minister of Somalia (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_12/TA9W2nuf">June 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Ahmed_Abdallah/F1e3dN87">Ahmed Abdallah</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Comoros/994RdE8N">President of the Comoros</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1989/HWvGcTeT">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a> – <a href="/facts/V._T._Sambanthan/qHWjqp9y">V. T. Sambanthan</a>, Malaysian politician (d. <a href="/facts/1979/V4o6YhYF">1979</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – <a href="/facts/P%25C3%25A1l_F%25C3%25A1bry/euFg8p45">Pál Fábry</a>, Hungarian politician (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Tsilla_Chelton/fPfN1faB">Tsilla Chelton</a>, French actress (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_23/uWeRXBbG">June 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mohamed_Boudiaf/5dsngLGN">Mohamed Boudiaf</a>, 4th President of Algeria (d. <a href="/facts/1992/C3hhqclX">1992</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hermann_Gmeiner/Aadl5Tsu">Hermann Gmeiner</a>, Austrian educator (d. <a href="/facts/1986/8uT5tERV">1986</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Amala_Shankar/JxNUjDkB">Amala Shankar</a>, Indian dancer (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Slim_Pickens/BCBwoyRE">Slim Pickens</a>, American film and television actor (d. <a href="/facts/1983/Hh9D0QTA">1983</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_1/KU7lnN6l">July 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Malik_Dohan_al-Hassan/bA4lSuIw">Malik Dohan al-Hassan</a>, Iraqi politician (d. <a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mikhail_Shultz/e3vQJVps">Mikhail Shultz</a>, Soviet and Russian physical chemist (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arnold_Meri/e6C9Ase2">Arnold Meri</a>, Estonian colonel (d. <a href="/facts/2009/yEThXjmg">2009</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Vald%25C3%25A9s/1AR1QQHW">Gabriel Valdés</a>, Chilean politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_4/a37pJw4h">July 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Gerd_Hagman/Ga3Wev3n">Gerd Hagman</a>, Swedish actress (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_8/tqgp1Lpy">July 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Walter_Scheel/IrSCFUA7">Walter Scheel</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_Germany/alla2gvH">President of Germany</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Pierre_Gamarra/7e9JRf3r">Pierre Gamarra</a>, French poet, novelist and literary critic (d. <a href="/facts/2009/yEThXjmg">2009</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Grisha_Filipov/Ny2K28Mw">Grisha Filipov</a>, leading member of the Bulgarian communist party (d. <a href="/facts/1994/DHYvCLxY">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_14/8aa0mIXE">July 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lino_Ventura/1W2JhVhy">Lino Ventura</a>, Italian actor (d. <a href="/facts/1987/pThGJW7B">1987</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/K._R._Gouri_Amma/vKY12qcT">K. R. Gouri Amma</a>, Indian politician (d. <a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_15/mPfeUQQy">July 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Iris_Murdoch/E1rEuJ9f">Iris Murdoch</a>, British novelist and philosopher (d. <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_16/Db20tCPx">July 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Choi_Kyu-hah/t8E5oSyU">Choi Kyu-hah</a>, 19th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_South_Korea/JEGIAxnr">Prime Minister of South Korea</a> and 4th <a href="/facts/President_of_South_Korea/68FumoI0">President of South Korea</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hermine_Braunsteiner/EStm1K9l">Hermine Braunsteiner</a>, Austrian SS officer (d. <a href="/facts/1999/pc1BDf3P">1999</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_18/MUuDmATT">July 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Lilia_Dale/xyvKTCsB">Lilia Dale</a>, Italian actress (d. <a href="/facts/1991/2VyD1KeD">1991</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_19/I0r0n2mL">July 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Patricia_Medina/K5p97zaD">Patricia Medina</a>, English-born actress (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_20/vLon7lPc">July 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Edmund_Hillary/Iwde7Uch">Sir Edmund Hillary</a>, New Zealand mountaineer, conqueror of Mount Everest (d. <a href="/facts/2008/nrFQTFDH">2008</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_24/lMUqGvj6">July 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Asadollah_Alam/sB2NNFhw">Asadollah Alam</a>, Iranian politician, 40th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Iran/Lra6DpnN">Prime Minister of Iran</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1978/0yIlakn7">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ferdinand_K%25C3%25BCbler/bdzqlhQQ">Ferdinand Kübler</a>, Swiss racing cyclist (d. <a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_26/ebcBBhNG">July 26</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Lovelock/Bv24daYe">James Lovelock</a>, English biologist and chemist (d. <a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_31/XlP9dbAo">July 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Primo_Levi/dIzLpHvz">Primo Levi</a>, Italian chemist and writer (d. <a href="/facts/1987/pThGJW7B">1987</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>August</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_2/0QFdESJe">August 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Nehemiah_Persoff/70a994tr">Nehemiah Persoff</a>, Israeli-American character actor (d. <a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Michel_D%25C3%25A9on/SzI69m4N">Michel Déon</a>, French writer (d. <a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dino_De_Laurentiis/ve4F4T5L">Dino De Laurentiis</a>, Italian film producer (d. <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hau_Pei-tsun/qMELxPsf">Hau Pei-tsun</a>, Premier of the Republic of China (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_9/tAz2L8EU">August 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Joop_den_Uyl/ycEGQUXt">Joop den Uyl</a>, Dutch politician, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_the_Netherlands/Wqry1FuI">Prime Minister of the Netherlands</a> from 1973 to 1977 (d. <a href="/facts/1987/pThGJW7B">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_11/wU6X1Ukc">August 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Ginette_Neveu/geoLCPVY">Ginette Neveu</a>, French violinist (d. <a href="/facts/1949/25neuEUm">1949</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_12/0WqFFwMy">August 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Margaret_Burbidge/ImYCgrBj">Margaret Burbidge</a>, English-American astrophysicist and academic (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_13/2lF5GAtt">August 13</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Shearing/KCRVaVAR">George Shearing</a>, Anglo-American jazz pianist (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_15/UkXS3RX1">August 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Dina_Wadia/MC2xHpx5">Dina Wadia</a>, Indian political figure (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Adamantios_Androutsopoulos/TBehkA7M">Adamantios Androutsopoulos</a>, Prime Minister of Greece (d. <a href="/facts/2000/UbBNQdMl">2000</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlos_Julio_Arosemena_Monroy/bRqNHzNG">Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy</a>, 31st President of Ecuador (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_25/U2BMVhpt">August 25</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Wallace/twKh8dVu">George Wallace</a>, American politician, 45th <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Alabama/h8Wn3AGF">Governor of Alabama</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1998/m0E92lbX">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_28/dmEJKetF">August 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Godfrey_Hounsfield/u2BHgbbq">Godfrey Hounsfield</a>, English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_30/MwxqAhmK">August 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Maurice_Hilleman/wRLKT69w">Maurice Hilleman</a>, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joachim_R%25C3%25B8nneberg/nlxjVFYb">Joachim Rønneberg</a>, Norwegian war veteran (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Wagner/n80Qke9w">Wolfgang Wagner</a>, German opera director (d. <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kitty_Wells/Hg6T4ED8">Kitty Wells</a>, American country music singer (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Amrita_Pritam/HIDHKnMz">Amrita Pritam</a>, Indian poet and author (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li></ul> <h3>September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_2/3vvRGBSn">September 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Marge_Champion/C2FSK7qG">Marge Champion</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Maria_Lassnig/PBVG47eB">Maria Lassnig</a>, Austrian painter (d. <a href="/facts/2014/dJ82Jq47">2014</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Meda_Ml%25C3%25A1dkov%25C3%25A1/FMpjgvE0">Meda Mládková</a>, Czech art collector (d. <a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_11/EpcDsrjn">September 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Ota_%25C5%25A0ik/LBuTG1Fu">Ota Šik</a>, Czech economist and politician (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_13/1fQluuol">September 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Olle_Anderberg/dE4y5Nme">Olle Anderberg</a>, Swedish wrestler (d. <a href="/facts/2003/jR4SwKlP">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Midgley/uBnwoamq">Mary Midgley</a>, English philosopher (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Fausto_Coppi/yHURtImM">Fausto Coppi</a>, Italian cyclist (d. <a href="/facts/1960/H5oTKVEk">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_18/4BxhKt1x">September 18</a> – <a href="/facts/P%25C3%25A1l_Losonczi/o0b9JPKq">Pál Losonczi</a>, Hungarian politician (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_19/KurgveR6">September 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Earl_R._Fox/L19V3YGv">Earl R. Fox</a>, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mario_Bunge/GWxwT2dB">Mario Bunge</a>, Argentine philosopher and physicist (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fazlur_Rahman_Malik/1HnwoBXt">Fazlur Rahman Malik</a>, Pakistani Islamic scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1988/VsU0rXfc">1988</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_26/s1l3wYPa">September 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Matilde_Camus/eMu2DUwa">Matilde Camus</a>, Spanish poet and researcher (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_27/AlKebam5">September 27</a> – <a href="/facts/James_H._Wilkinson/4aKUNcrg">James H. Wilkinson</a>, English mathematician (d. <a href="/facts/1986/8uT5tERV">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_29/xyx8ArD3">September 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Margot_Hielscher/nQFDgPYw">Margot Hielscher</a>, German singer and film actress (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/James_M._Buchanan/UIKyEWvp">James M. Buchanan</a>, American economist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences/8BBwNwre">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_5/NRyybbNE">October 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Donald_Pleasence/GX66lItk">Donald Pleasence</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/facts/1995/d3Qass5d">1995</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Zelman_Cowen/VycgNqaR">Zelman Cowen</a>, <a href="/facts/Governor-General_of_Australia/m9vELLAp">Governor-General of Australia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Kiichi_Miyazawa/f1xbADuj">Kiichi Miyazawa</a>, 49th Prime Minister of Japan (d. <a href="/facts/2007/WjIPeDN1">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Art_Blakey/w38P1YLX">Art Blakey</a>, American jazz drummer (d. <a href="/facts/1990/ySbaqvwp">1990</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Edward_L._Feightner/3B6rzqwe">Edward L. Feightner</a>, United States Navy officer (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Kathleen_Winsor/5CWFSbv1">Kathleen Winsor</a>, American writer (d. <a href="/facts/2003/jR4SwKlP">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Isaak_Khalatnikov/KRTMeTsB">Isaak Khalatnikov</a>, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. <a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zhao_Ziyang/yvqrnuJu">Zhao Ziyang</a>, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_18/V8H762CJ">October 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anita_O%2527Day/lGvg165q">Anita O'Day</a>, American jazz singer (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Trudeau/HXJvLyhk">Pierre Trudeau</a>, 15th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Canada/XhKW7uSD">Prime Minister of Canada</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2000/UbBNQdMl">2000</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_19/C2NLg2kT">October 19</a> - <a href="/facts/Orlando_Drummond/Q13nxXlf">Orlando Drummond</a>, Brazilian stage, television, voice actor and film actor (d. <a href="/facts/2021/7TI7Mcnk">2021</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Abdulrahim_Abby_Farah/dTxdWEbK">Abdulrahim Abby Farah</a>, Somali diplomat and politician (d. <a href="/facts/2018/dkwRKqoo">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Doris_Lessing/fFNW3Jkz">Doris Lessing</a>, Persian-born English writer, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_23/s5BlQbcW">October 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Manolis_Andronikos/CcrpbhGJ">Manolis Andronikos</a>, Greek archaeologist (d. <a href="/facts/1992/C3hhqclX">1992</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_26/fu1RczjD">October 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ashraf_Pahlavi/2jJdWYXq">Princess Ashraf of Iran</a> (d. <a href="/facts/2016/VTotH5cp">2016</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi/r2bcadLc">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a>, <a href="/facts/Shah_of_Iran/NyYXHApF">Shah of Iran</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1980/LlDU6MAx">1980</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_30/h1XNvxBm">October 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Stane_Kav%25C4%258Di%25C4%258D/yKxKMYqx">Stane Kavčič</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Slovenia/yosweML9">Prime Minister of Slovenia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1987/pThGJW7B">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_31/unFJnkkY">October 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Tong_Siv_Eng/jhBUdu4Q">Tong Siv Eng</a>, Cambodian politician (d. <a href="/facts/2001/oo7IoNIA">2001</a>)</li></ul> <h3>November</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hermann_Bondi/8GNFLyIH">Hermann Bondi</a>, British-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russell_Bannock/c0rB1FAy">Russell Bannock</a>, Canadian fighter ace (d. <a href="/facts/2020/o49o8AaY">2020</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Martin_Balsam/ERorV1Nr">Martin Balsam</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/facts/1996/qrQNaXmK">1996</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_6/NceNKCec">November 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Sophia_de_Mello_Breyner_Andresen/Pu0XW1bj">Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen</a>, Portuguese poet and writer (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Eva_Todor/8LgDQdAs">Eva Todor</a>, Hungarian-born Brazilian actress (d. <a href="/facts/2017/GtS7nQdn">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mikhail_Kalashnikov/cof37Xke">Mikhail Kalashnikov</a>, Russian firearms inventor (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mo%25C3%25AFse_Tshombe/GSdGfbS4">Moïse Tshombe</a>, Congolese businessman and politician (d. <a href="/facts/1969/Qunmv17a">1969</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_18/ahlTnDHt">November 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9e_Borrel/bYR3nFrQ">Andrée Borrel</a>, French World War II heroine (d. <a href="/facts/1944/A6Jvm3T6">1944</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jocelyn_Brando/wjEup5rJ">Jocelyn Brando</a>, American actress and writer (d. <a href="/facts/2005/gV0sNsas">2005</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_19/r6ss938W">November 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Lolita_Lebr%25C3%25B3n/sx4NIVTs">Lolita Lebrón</a>, Puerto Rican nationalist (d. <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_21/hQaN66tF">November 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Gert_Fredriksson/okSAIGbk">Gert Fredriksson</a>, Swedish canoer (d. <a href="/facts/2006/3BeSooyh">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_26/8mzsvBXL">November 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ryszard_Kaczorowski/4C3ybsmz">Ryszard Kaczorowski</a>, President of Poland (d. <a href="/facts/2010/aNH2Is5x">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederik_Pohl/0nJf2N45">Frederik Pohl</a>, American science fiction writer (d. <a href="/facts/2013/eQaDXDHl">2013</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_28/S5bg5uEC">November 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Keith_Miller/6uMG1A6j">Keith Miller</a>, Australian sportsman and Air force pilot (d. <a href="/facts/2004/0yE6vkMU">2004</a>)</li></ul> <h3>December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – <a href="/facts/I._K._Gujral/UAKQTHL0">I. K. Gujral</a>, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. <a href="/facts/2012/XEX1VQNP">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_6/QWKuQS0n">December 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_de_Man/2Fn4T6xH">Paul de Man</a>, Belgian-born literary critic (d. <a href="/facts/1983/Hh9D0QTA">1983</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_8/6efHKDyg">December 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Mieczys%25C5%2582aw_Weinberg/1awhGdhc">Mieczysław Weinberg</a>, Polish composer (d. <a href="/facts/1996/qrQNaXmK">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_9/vNAaTGRl">December 9</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Lipscomb/pBuh6kw9">William Lipscomb</a>, American chemist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/facts/2011/GAc8rcgs">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_11/HVStcgwJ">December 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Paavo_Aaltonen/Nxd8H8py">Paavo Aaltonen</a>, Finnish gymnast (d. <a href="/facts/1962/l6s31Ap3">1962</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_13/wHq3rj4U">December 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Hans-Joachim_Marseille/Jqn3VkEK">Hans-Joachim Marseille</a>, German World War II fighter ace (d. <a href="/facts/1942/Hv8rLssG">1942</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_24/UQTXc57P">December 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Pierre_Soulages/Ig7CxQ39">Pierre Soulages</a>, French artist (d. <a href="/facts/2022/6xouULBp">2022</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h3>January</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Georg_von_Hertling/8spe08hy">Georg von Hertling</a>, 7th <a href="/facts/Chancellor_of_Germany_(German_Reich)/NHWTh4Tt">Chancellor of Germany</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1843/0RK8qmPF">1843</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Max_Heindel/wskyaP0y">Max Heindel</a>, Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic (b. <a href="/facts/1865/mgwvLYKx">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theodore_Roosevelt/WzUPbcbo">Theodore Roosevelt</a>, 26th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President of the United States</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1858/aj3BJQlx">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Vach%25C3%25A9/YNnN52ww">Jacques Vaché</a>, French writer, associated with <a href="/facts/Surrealism/VUJpoo6c">Surrealism</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1895/q4F6bTdq">1895</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Peter_Altenberg/7EzwphUd">Peter Altenberg</a>, Austrian writer (b. <a href="/facts/1859/MwtgVDVb">1859</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_10/9GMS7Pz5">January 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Wallace_Clement_Sabine/7396cP69">Wallace Clement Sabine</a>, American physicist (b. <a href="/facts/1868/ASf6q2lV">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_12/QqF02HGt">January 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Wyndham_(actor)/DqVnzwVT">Sir Charles Wyndham</a>, English actor and theatrical manager; <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_15/rSvlBENa">January 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Karl_Liebknecht/zRzt5SAS">Karl Liebknecht</a>, German communist politician; assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1871/KH3eqnP3">1871</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosa_Luxemburg/oPcTH5bM">Rosa Luxemburg</a>, German communist politician; <a href="/facts/Assassinated/hgoazwWn">assassinated</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1871/KH3eqnP3">1871</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_16/Ebfkf11A">January 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Francisco_de_Paula_Rodrigues_Alves/0GURkgdK">Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves</a>, Brazilian politician, 5th <a href="/facts/President_of_Brazil/dLnXC0I4">President of Brazil</a>; <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ismail_Qemali/eH0zyuWn">Ismail Kemal</a>, Albanian politician, 1st <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Albania/B6H0W2cq">Prime Minister of Albania</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1844/lV62gfHq">1844</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Arichi_Shinanoj%25C5%258D/FyQ5WPHF">Arichi Shinanojō</a>, Japanese admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1843/0RK8qmPF">1843</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom/Sureh1go">Prince John of the United Kingdom</a>; <a href="/facts/Epilepsy/wawyp56a">epilepsy</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1905/o7XdVa8l">1905</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Archduke_Ludwig_Viktor_of_Austria/mSqNnG8g">Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_21/5ftFHkfk">January 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gojong_of_Korea/3NxG4yIR">Gojong</a>, first <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_Korea/4asUcukh">Emperor of Korea</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1852/7rU2ebRt">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexis%2c_Prince_of_Bentheim_and_Steinfurt/5rpmBCaE">Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1881/s9tMgWvd">1881</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">January 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Larsson/Tw2CTML4">Carl Larsson</a>, Swedish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1853/cFa6GXyc">1853</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Endre_Ady/zHCAB2A6">Endre Ady</a>, Hungarian poet (b. <a href="/facts/1877/NUButNG5">1877</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nikolai_Iudovich_Ivanov/sxwoTaDJ">Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov</a>, Russian general (b. <a href="/facts/1851/GeytjB5u">1851</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Franz_Mehring/uBvcgN1G">Franz Mehring</a>, German communist politician (b. <a href="/facts/1846/rc9r8XTf">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Duke_Dmitry_Konstantinovich_of_Russia/gwreYzoh">Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1860/4dczHW4c">1860</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_31/PkENSBYc">January 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Nat_Goodwin/RJ8JIAfQ">Nat Goodwin</a>, American actor and comedian (b. <a href="/facts/1857/EYEfYDBH">1857</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>February</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/P%25C3%25A1l_Luth%25C3%25A1r/HwKaIFWP">Pál Luthár</a>, Slovene teacher, cantor and writer (b. <a href="/facts/1839/D4oVgcgX">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_17/B2p5gwTb">February 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Wilfrid_Laurier/yMLeeS7H">Sir Wilfrid Laurier</a>, 7th <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Canada/XhKW7uSD">Prime Minister of Canada</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1841/lguRyJWD">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_19/psh1WWTJ">February 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Melchora_Aquino/101dxYp9">Melchora Aquino</a>, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. <a href="/facts/1812/XISCd2Wu">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_20/okIbPUW6">February 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Habibullah_Khan/PHxe0Q3U">Habibullah Khan</a>, Emir of Afghanistan; assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1872/CmLMQWn2">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Augusta_Lundin/uubKooBq">Augusta Lundin</a>, Swedish fashion designer (b. <a href="/facts/1840/AJmv1rLp">1840</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kurt_Eisner/tDQhHM8w">Kurt Eisner</a>, German socialist revolutionary; assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1867/6yA43tmb">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Prince_Karl_Anton_of_Hohenzollern_(died_1919)/UK7CmkI7">Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1868/ASf6q2lV">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Edwards_Walker/kbIMBhd9">Mary Edwards Walker</a>, American physician (b. <a href="/facts/1832/dstWW7GR">1832</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Mollie_McNutt/XYpSmkmD">Mollie McNutt</a>, Australian poet (b. <a href="/facts/1885/0f7HxjrW">1885</a>)</li></ul> <h3>March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_von_Koerber/G20eSqlE">Ernest von Koerber</a>, Austrian politician, former Prime Minister (b. <a href="/facts/1850/hCD3XDg7">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Amelia_Edith_Huddleston_Barr/QdUnmhex">Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr</a>, American novelist (b. 1831)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_16/UN5MQNl6">March 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Yakov_Sverdlov/9b3w20EX">Yakov Sverdlov</a>, <a href="/facts/Bolshevik/UAHzalnN">Bolshevik</a> revolutionary and politician, <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1885/0f7HxjrW">1885</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_26/whb9JaUk">March 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_Henry_(explorer)/1sRTRcet">Ernest Henry</a>, British explorer (b. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/William_Crookes/q8U8VVwR">Sir William Crookes</a>, English chemist and physicist (b. <a href="/facts/1832/dstWW7GR">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francisco_Marto/o3Rdo3Nm">Francisco Marto</a>, Portuguese witness of Marian apparitions, canonized, <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1908/y2Yvla5J">1908</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_5/M78bdVSy">April 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Harutiun_Alpiar/rnIlQgCF">Harutiun Alpiar</a>, Ottoman Armenian journalist and humorous writer (b. <a href="/facts/1864/xmYu2SP5">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_8/9GbGXuDy">April 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Winfield_Woolworth/rU8nfwM3">Frank Winfield Woolworth</a>, American businessman (b. <a href="/facts/1852/7rU2ebRt">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_9/YXsD7q0j">April 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Mr._and_Mrs._Sidney_Drew/H8fHC0Y6">Sidney Drew</a>, American stage and film actor (b. <a href="/facts/1863/boxyWlLF">1863</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_10/AuHxexMb">April 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Emiliano_Zapata/FghdaJH4">Emiliano Zapata</a>, Mexican revolutionary, assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1879/f5X2q52U">1879</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_14/zT7AmuDE">April 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Auguste-R%25C3%25A9al_Angers/l2UUNUFs">Auguste-Réal Angers</a>, Canadian judge and politician, 6th <a href="/facts/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec/8xc3xIcG">Lieutenant Governor of Quebec</a> (b. 1837)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_15/3XXwm4v4">April 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Jane_Delano/ghmamcby">Jane Delano</a>, American nurse, founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service (b. <a href="/facts/1862/wLde0GHd">1862</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_19/7VAgzapI">April 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Andrei_Eberhardt/kM3WjKBe">Andrei Eberhardt</a>, Russian admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Egan_(gangster)/cQPgp4PE">Thomas Egan</a>, American gangster (b. <a href="/facts/1874/GbknNJo8">1874</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Jules_V%25C3%25A9drines/NB5Cw4AV">Jules Védrines</a>, French pre-war aviator and World War I pilot, aviation accident (b. <a href="/facts/1881/s9tMgWvd">1881</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_23/VCyKHdkg">April 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Tsunehisa_Takeda/y42LV4HW">Prince Tsunehisa Takeda</a>, member of the Japanese imperial family, <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1882/TB4gUPdw">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mar%25C3%25ADa_Antonia_Bandr%25C3%25A9s_El%25C3%25B3segui/T3uc6FY1">María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui</a>, Spanish <a href="/facts/Roman_Catholic/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> religious professed and blessed (b. <a href="/facts/1898/22NQXEjQ">1898</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anton_Irv/b8rvv3kc">Anton Irv</a>, Estonian military officer (b. <a href="/facts/1886/Dq24GK25">1886</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>May</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Gustav_Landauer/LhzfxFVG">Gustav Landauer</a>, German anarchist, assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1870/gpkRncsy">1870</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_4/m5CrVBfW">May 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Milan_Rastislav_%25C5%25A0tef%25C3%25A1nik/HpKm3a58">Milan Rastislav Štefánik</a>, Slovak general, politician and astronomer (b. <a href="/facts/1880/QApjL1dG">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_6/blgxDDYV">May 6</a> – <a href="/facts/L._Frank_Baum/AzdkgcbU">L. Frank Baum</a>, American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker (<i>The Wizard of Oz</i>) (b. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Juan_Isidro_Jimenes_Pereyra/Q2LqGRMY">Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra</a>, Dominican political figure, twice <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Dominican_Republic/h3hCXbHe">President of the Dominican Republic</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1846/rc9r8XTf">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_12/07PVkbMH">May 12</a> – <a href="/facts/D._M._Canright/pvIn65I4">D. M. Canright</a>, American Seventh-day Adventist minister and author, later one of the church's severest critics (b. <a href="/facts/1840/AJmv1rLp">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_J._Heinz/j8yqbpWv">Henry J. Heinz</a>, American entrepreneur (b. <a href="/facts/1844/lV62gfHq">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Aaron_Aaronsohn/2EeryaPC">Aaron Aaronsohn</a>, Romanian-born Israeli botanist (b. <a href="/facts/1876/W5qGllpP">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_21/7eCgCTWG">May 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Victor_Segalen/S2xuKxAK">Victor Segalen</a>, French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic (b. <a href="/facts/1878/rnlYq7CQ">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_25/VasFejaY">May 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Madam_C._J._Walker/s1z7MwvS">Madam C. J. Walker</a>, African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. <a href="/facts/1867/6yA43tmb">1867</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_28/6vlFjVgA">May 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Hermann_von_Spaun/U5tMhBaz">Hermann von Spaun</a>, Austro-Hungarian admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li></ul> <h3>June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Caroline_Still_Anderson/tXdNRMAS">Caroline Still Anderson</a>, American physician (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_5/9GEpftBB">June 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Eugen_Levin%25C3%25A9/p3Xbq2Gf">Eugen Leviné</a>, German revolutionary, assassinated (b. <a href="/facts/1883/EwbmutJN">1883</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_6/n68FjLjI">June 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Frederic_Thompson/PNVImxT4">Frederic Thompson</a>, American architect and showman (b. <a href="/facts/1873/CJ5Hegm0">1873</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_7/65d6SCTG">June 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Henning_von_Holtzendorff/hJCgHJDm">Henning von Holtzendorff</a>, German admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1853/cFa6GXyc">1853</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_15/Gv1phhWL">June 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Francis_Joseph_of_Braganza/jqPAdFKT">Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1879/f5X2q52U">1879</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Petre_P._Carp/VQfxmdly">Petre P. Carp</a>, twice <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Romania/YmBrxfsJ">Prime Minister of Romania</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1837/IfxtxA4W">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_29/3QLmKXqL">June 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Gregorio_Hern%25C3%25A1ndez/RtUDNwlw">José Gregorio Hernández</a>, Venezuelan physician, <a href="/facts/Roman_Catholic/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> venerable (b. <a href="/facts/1864/xmYu2SP5">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Ragoza/0Y42cfUP">Alexander Ragoza</a>, Russian general and Ukrainian politician, executed (b. <a href="/facts/1858/aj3BJQlx">1858</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – <a href="/facts/John_William_Strutt%2c_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh/HcJyYdk5">John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh</a>, English physicist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>July</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Soennecken/qMPQyKlP">Friedrich Soennecken</a>, German entrepreneur, inventor of hole punch and ring binder (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Edward_Abeles/Wrjl0yk0">Edward Abeles</a>, American actor (b. <a href="/facts/1869/E97RQYu9">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Navarre/wgulfbVe">Jean Navarre</a>, French World War I fighter ace, aviation accident (b. <a href="/facts/1895/q4F6bTdq">1895</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_15/mPfeUQQy">July 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Emil_Fischer/5wxbfBtu">Emil Fischer</a>, German chemist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/facts/1852/7rU2ebRt">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_18/MUuDmATT">July 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Raymonde_de_Laroche/WXpJwCac">Raymonde de Laroche</a>, French aviator, first woman to receive an aviator's license, aviation accident (b. <a href="/facts/1882/TB4gUPdw">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eremia_Grigorescu/bVk45yry">Eremia Grigorescu</a>, Romanian general (b. <a href="/facts/1863/boxyWlLF">1863</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gustaf_Retzius/Un5c2k3x">Gustaf Retzius</a>, Swedish physician and anatomist (b. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_26/ebcBBhNG">July 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Edward_Poynter/HrhK6mLX">Sir Edward Poynter</a>, British painter (b. <a href="/facts/1836/9214WG3p">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Conrad_Abbott/uW28WjpS">Charles Conrad Abbott</a>, American naturalist (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li></ul> <h3>August</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_1/K6a8b43b">August 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Oscar_Hammerstein_I/2qUeGgIX">Oscar Hammerstein I</a>, Polish-born theater impresario and composer (b. <a href="/facts/1847/spoKRqqe">1847</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_2/0QFdESJe">August 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Tullo_Morgagni/dAPcUaMb">Tullo Morgagni</a>, Italian journalist, sports race organizer, and aviation enthusiast; killed in airplane crash (b. <a href="/facts/1881/s9tMgWvd">1881</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_9/tAz2L8EU">August 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ralph_Albert_Blakelock/znWarY2p">Ralph Albert Blakelock</a>, American romanticist painter (b. <a href="/facts/1847/spoKRqqe">1847</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ernst_Haeckel/osqrW7hB">Ernst Haeckel</a>, German biologist, naturalist and philosopher (b. <a href="/facts/1834/zTS0oaSP">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruggero_Leoncavallo/7EGsX64k">Ruggero Leoncavallo</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/facts/1857/EYEfYDBH">1857</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_11/wU6X1Ukc">August 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Andrew_Carnegie/rUwABKWN">Andrew Carnegie</a>, Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist (b. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_23/VpTagc46">August 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Augustus_George_Vernon_Harcourt/keT6sFX9">Augustus George Vernon Harcourt</a>, English chemist (b. <a href="/facts/1834/zTS0oaSP">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Naumann/UMJzRyCf">Friedrich Naumann</a>, German politician and pastor (b. <a href="/facts/1860/4dczHW4c">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Botha/vWDhQwus">Louis Botha</a>, Boer general, statesman, 1st <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_South_Africa/R3wbwE2o">Prime Minister of South Africa</a>; <a href="/facts/Spanish_flu/dSI1TWUD">Spanish flu</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1862/wLde0GHd">1862</a>)</li></ul> <h3>September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_20/QLfbxI7z">September 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Ram%25C3%25B3n_Barros_Luco/Ws2dWB1c">Ramón Barros Luco</a>, 15th <a href="/facts/President_of_Chile/7CrKFHp0">President of Chile</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1835/R5LlTYAg">1835</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_22/YtClwxAE">September 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Alajos_G%25C3%25A1sp%25C3%25A1r/apsqmeqw">Alajos Gáspár</a>, Slovene writer in Hungary (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_27/AlKebam5">September 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Adelina_Patti/j4hDahF2">Adelina Patti</a>, Italian opera singer (b. <a href="/facts/1843/0RK8qmPF">1843</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Venancio_Antonio_Morin/uH0NuXQI">Venancio Antonio Morin</a>, Venezuelan military officer and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1843/0RK8qmPF">1843</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_29/xyx8ArD3">September 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Masataka_Kawase/D2FNeBjg">Masataka Kawase</a>, a.k.a. Kogorō Ishikawa, Japanese political activist and diplomat (b. <a href="/facts/1840/AJmv1rLp">1840</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Princess_Charlotte_of_Prussia/wyyH8DE4">Princess Charlotte of Prussia</a>, German royal (b. <a href="/facts/1850/hCD3XDg7">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Victorino_de_la_Plaza/KCKIcAty">Victorino de la Plaza</a>, Argentinian politician, 18th <a href="/facts/President_of_Argentina/RJpPWGFK">President of Argentina</a>, leader (b. <a href="/facts/1840/AJmv1rLp">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_6/kEsfCLXn">October 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Ricardo_Palma/F9X1aoTI">Ricardo Palma</a>, Peruvian writer (b. <a href="/facts/1833/XJtFnCyC">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Alfred_Deakin/ekCjxyLY">Alfred Deakin</a>, 2nd <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Australia/yzh0N8oH">Prime Minister of Australia</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Karl_Adolph_Gjellerup/hLPlzztJ">Karl Adolph Gjellerup</a>, Danish writer, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/facts/1857/EYEfYDBH">1857</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_18/V8H762CJ">October 18</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Waldorf_Astor%2c_1st_Viscount_Astor/BnoA9gRQ">William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor</a>, American financier and statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Cyril_Porte/vAJQjg3j">John Cyril Porte</a>, Irish-born British <a href="/facts/Flying_boat/UmALvlKC">flying boat</a> pioneer, tuberculosis (b. <a href="/facts/1884/sMq3Cz3G">1884</a>)</li></ul> <h3>November</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Terauchi_Masatake/LWQjItUP">Terauchi Masatake</a>, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (b. <a href="/facts/1852/7rU2ebRt">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Hugo_Haase/9HxGFmP7">Hugo Haase</a>, German Socialist politician and jurist (b. <a href="/facts/1863/boxyWlLF">1863</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Eduard_M%25C3%25BCller_(Swiss_politician)/EpAnDplj">Eduard Müller</a>, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. <a href="/facts/1848/pdeR3EA3">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_15/5XjT5ocg">November 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Alfred_Werner/xmFvHVIb">Alfred Werner</a>, German chemist, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/facts/1866/BA0GQaok">1866</a>)</li></ul> <h3>December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/December_2/e3FzUoxF">December 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Henry_Clay_Frick/ClLGdefD">Henry Clay Frick</a>, American industrialist (b. <a href="/facts/1849/hRfIfMEN">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Evelyn_Wood_(British_Army_officer)/DYTpw9pV">Sir Evelyn Wood</a>, British field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient (b. <a href="/facts/1838/eNceSVoF">1838</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir/78P8VxXG">Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a>, French painter (b. <a href="/facts/1841/lguRyJWD">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_11/HVStcgwJ">December 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Sent%25C5%258D_Takenaka/cRPVfEhq">Sentō Takenaka</a>, Japanese admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1864/xmYu2SP5">1864</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_12/wo5rv56W">December 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Feng_Guozhang/5oa17UK8">Feng Guozhang</a>, Chinese general (b. <a href="/facts/1859/MwtgVDVb">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_16/05Yaph5h">December 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Julia_Lermontova/UTqVGnLM">Julia Lermontova</a>, Russian chemist (b. <a href="/facts/1846/rc9r8XTf">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_19/RMcwt4F5">December 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alice_Moore_McComas/5qwJx8y1">Alice Moore McComas</a>, American suffragist (b. <a href="/facts/1850/hCD3XDg7">1850</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_Savage_(Irish_republican)/zHeq1R7e">Martin Savage</a>, <a href="/facts/Irish_Republican_Army_(1919%25E2%2580%25931922)/BmMcchhc">Irish Republican Army</a> commander; <a href="/facts/Killed_in_action/REgutspw">killed in action</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1898/22NQXEjQ">1898</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Alcock_(RAF_officer)/aItgFhbo">Sir John Alcock</a>, English aviator; pilot of first nonstop transatlantic flight in airplane, June 1919; killed aviation accident (b. <a href="/facts/1892/t6ztGdnJ">1892</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_28/otPRvgED">December 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Johannes_Rydberg/qrUhQw3j">Johannes Rydberg</a>, Swedish physicist (b. <a href="/facts/1854/mS3CBX4G">1854</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="nobel-prizes">Nobel Prizes</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Physics</a> – <a href="/facts/Johannes_Stark/3Cg0w2HF">Johannes Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Chemistry</a> – not awarded</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Physiology or Medicine</a> – <a href="/facts/Jules_Bordet/0qVtytNm">Jules Bordet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Literature</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Friedrich_Georg_Spitteler/xaEqDfqS">Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Peace</a> – <a href="/facts/Woodrow_Wilson/zE4yxK2X">Woodrow Wilson</a></li></ul> <h2 id="sources">Sources</h2> <ul><li>Phelan, Paula (2007), <i>1919: Misfortune's End</i>, ZAPmedia</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Klingaman, William K. <i>1919, The Year Our World Began</i> (1987) world perspective based on primary sources by a scholar.</li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/NewInternationalYearBookFor1919"><i>New International Year Book 1919</i> (1920)</a>, Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 744pp</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to 1919 at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Lacika, Ján (2000). Bratislava. Visiting Slovakia (1st ed.). Bratislava: Dajama. p. 42. ISBN 978-80-88975-16-8. <a href="978-80-88975-16-8" target="_blank">978-80-88975-16-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Sinking of HMY Iolaire - list of all on board at time of grounding". Across Two Seas. December 17, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2017. <a href="http://www.adb422006.com/Iolairelist.htm" target="_blank">http://www.adb422006.com/Iolairelist.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Cloake, J. A. (March 20, 1997). Germany 1918-1945. Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-913277-5. <a href="978-0-19-913277-5" target="_blank">978-0-19-913277-5</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Card of admission to Theodore Roosevelt's funeral". Theodore Roosevelt Centre. 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