52 events found for 1919
The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before…
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at…
Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson…
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series.
KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments…
The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk.
The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to…