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1919 (MCMXIX common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar).
Contents
1 Events
1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Unknown dates 1.14 Ongoing events
2 Births
2.1 January-February 2.2 March-April 2.3 May-June 2.4 July-August 2.5 September-October 2.6 November-December 2.7 Unknown dates
3 Deaths
3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December
4 Nobel prizes 5 Further reading
Events January February March April May June July July 6 - The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
July 31 - Strike of policemen in London and Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.
August September October November December Unknown dates Earl Bascom , rodeo cowboy and artist along with his father John W. Bascom, at Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada , design and make rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute, now the world standard.
The Åland Islands vote for a return to Swedish rule in a referendum.
Les Champs Magnetiques automatic book, is written by Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault .
XWA (now CFCF), in Montreal, Quebec , is the first public radio station in North America to go on the air.
Various strikes in USA: Strike of US railroad workers; Longshoreman's strike; The Great Steel Strike; General strike in Seattle, Washington.
Female suffrage in Germany and Luxembourg
Henri Desire Landru captured
Marcel Tolkowsky 's Diamond Design The International Astronomical Union is founded.
World League Against Alcoholism established by Anti-Saloon League
Ongoing events Births January-February January 1 - J. D. Salinger , American novelist
January 5 - Hector Abhayavardhana , Sri Lankan political theorist
January 13 - Robert Stack , American actor (d. 2003 )
January 14 - Andy Rooney , American journalist
January 23 - Hans Hass , Austrian zoologist
January 23 - Ernie Kovacs , American comedian (d. 1962 )
January 23 - Bob Paisley , British football player and manager (d. 1996 )
January 25 - Edwin Newman , American journalist and writer
January 26 - Valentino Mazzola , Italian footballer (d. 1949 )
January 27 - Ross Bagdasarian , American musician and actor (d. 1972 )
January 31 - Jackie Robinson , baseball player (d. 1972 )
February 5 - Red Buttons , American actor (d. 2006 )
February 5 - Andreas Papandreou , Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996 )
February 11 - Eva Gabor , Hungarian actress (d. 1995 )
February 11 - Eddie Robinson , American football coach (d. 2007 )
February 12 - Forrest Tucker , American actor (d. 1986 )
February 13 - Tennessee Ernie Ford , American musician (d. 1991 )
February 18 - Jack Palance , American actor (d. 2006 )
February 20 - Joe Krol , Canadian football player
February 24 - Árpád Bogsch , Hungarian international civil servant (d. 2004 )
February 26 - Rie Mastenbroek , Dutch swimmer (d. 2003 )
February 26 - Mason Adams , American character actor (d. 2005 )
March-April May-June May 1 - Dan O'Herlihy , Irish film actor (d. 2005 )
May 3 - John Cullen Murphy , American comic strip artist (d. 2004 )
May 3 - Pete Seeger , American singer and musician
May 7 - Eva Peron , wife of Argentine President Juan Peron (d. 1952 )
May 8 - Lex Barker , American actor (d. 1973 )
May 16 - Liberace , American pianist (d. 1987 )
May 17 - Antonio Aguilar , Mexican singer and actor
May 18 - Margot Fonteyn , English ballet dancer (d. 1991 )
May 20 - George Gobel , American comedian (d. 1991 )
May 23 - Betty Garrett , American actress and dancer
July-August September-October
