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1919

1 July 2 – Syrian National Congress in ________.

2 ________ – Murderer Henri Désiré Landru is arrested.

3 October 23 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (d ________)

4 March 15 – ________, American actor (d.

5 August 31 – The ________ is established.

6 ________ – Richard Todd, Irish born British actor (d.

7 ________ – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (d.

8 ________ – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani Islamic scholar (d.

9 August 19 – ________ gains independence from the United Kingdom.

10 ________ – Pancho Villa attacks Ciudad Juárez.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Astrakhan Cossack army existed from 1737 until 1919 when they were defeated alongside their White Russian allies during the Russian Civil War?
  • the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw holds the remains of a Polish soldier killed at the Battle of Lvov in 1919?
  • the opening session of the Estonian Constituent Assembly on April 23, 1919 is considered the birth of the Estonian Parliament?
  • when he was promoted to president of the Great Northern Railway in 1919, Ralph Budd was the youngest American railroad president up to that date?
  • the bending of starlight around the Sun during the solar eclipse of 1919 was a testimony to the predictive power of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity?
  • in 1919, the discharge of the chief of police of Berlin led to a general strike and accompanying fighting known as the Spartacist uprising, in which over 500,000 workers took part?
  • Chick Gandil was the ringleader of the 1919 Black Sox scandal in American baseball?
  • Luton Town Hall was burnt to the ground following a riot at the Peace Day celebrations marking the formal end of World War I on 19 July 1919?
  • William Garwood, an American silent film actor, starred in 149 films in under 10 years—between 1909 and 1919?
  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley was a German monarchist who murdered Bavarian socialist leader Kurt Eisner on a sidewalk in Munich in 1919?
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