Date: August 8, 1919
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. Date: April 16, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This…
The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. Date: October 28, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Nebraska Ratifies Eighteenth…
The American Legion is founded. Date: March 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Tetiev Pogrom in Ukraine Becomes Holocaust Prototype, March 25, 1919Emma Goldman Deported to Russia, December 21, 1919Netherlands Grants Women Full…
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom, allowing women to serve as lawyers, civil servants, and in other professions, as well as to serve on juries. Date: December 23, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This…
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 1919Ukrainian War of Independence:…
The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. Date: July 11, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Nebraska Ratifies Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Mandated January 16, 1919Act Zluky Unifies Ukrainian…