Date: September 26, 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…
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) More events from 1919Polish Army Launches…
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) More events from 1919Wingfoot Air Express Crashes into Chicago Building, 12 Killed,…
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) More events from 1919Adolf Hitler First…
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) More events from 1919Eichenfeld Massacre: 136…
The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States. Date: September 22, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1919Quebec…