Date: November 7, 1919
Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later. Date: January 16, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence. Date: May 19, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Battle of George…
The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust. Date: March 25, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Greek Occupation of Smyrna: Violence and Punishment, May 15, 1919Irish…
The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Date: September 10, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Curtiss NC-4 First Transatlantic Flight from Newfoundland to…
Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, a Kurdish sheikh and at-the-time governor of the Slêmanî Province of British Iraq, initiates the first Mahmud Barzanji revolt. Date: May 23, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919May Fourth Movement:…
Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites. Date: November 8, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This…