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)
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. Date: February 5, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours. Date: January 31, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka. Date: January 23, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic. Date: January 22, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place. Date: January 21, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland. Date: January 18, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. Date: January 18, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…