Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150. Date: January 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail. Date: January 7, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich. Date: January 5, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia. Date: December 21, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is suppressed and its participants are executed by the Kontrrazvedka. Date: December 5, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is initiated, with an attempt to assassinate the high command of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. Date: December 4, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. Date: December 3, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)