Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. Date: June 4, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities. Date: June 2, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prohibition comes into force in Finland. Date: June 1, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin. Date: May 29, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. Date: May 27, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. Date: May 16, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. Date: May 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)