Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.) Date: December 1, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1919…
Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.) Date: November 28, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this…
Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. Date: November 11, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. Date: November 11, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites. Date: November 8, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This…
The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities. Date: November 7, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I Date: October 17, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party. Date: October 16, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)