Date: April 16, 1919
The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job. Date: February 6, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Greek Occupation of Smyrna:…
Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I. Date: May 8, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Seattle…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace. Date: September 4, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. Date: May 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919American…
The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of Finland. Date: January 28, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Alcock and Brown Complete First Nonstop Transatlantic…
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising. Date: January 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅…