Date: January 21, 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 1919Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford…
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…
Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition. Date: December 26, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The Ukrainian People's Republic asks the Entente and the United States for help fighting the Bolsheviks. Date: February 17, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Hungarian Soviet Republic Established, First Communist Government in Europe,…
The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk. Date: October 27, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Atatürk Lands at Samsun, Begins Turkish War of Independence,…
The Second Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole. Date: February 12, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Estonian Constituent Assembly Births Riigikogu, April 23, 1919Jallianwala Bagh…