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…
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)