What Happened In January 1919 In History

Historical Events for January, 1919

• 3rd » At the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs Faisal–Weizmann Agreement an agreement with Zionism Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large pa
• 7th » Montenegro or Montenegrin guerrilla fighters Christmas Uprising known as rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
• 11th » Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
• 15th » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent Socialism or socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
• 15th » Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston e.g Boston, Massachusetts, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
• 16th » Temperance movement in the United States known as Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
• 25th » The League of Nations is founded.
• 31st » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1919

• 1st » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
• 1st » Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)
• 1st » J. D. Salinger, American author (d. 2010)
• 1st » Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963)
• 5th » Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist (d. 2012)
• 5th » Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (d. 1992)
• 5th » Herb Peterson, American fast food executive and food scientist (d. 2008)
• 9th » William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet (d. 2007)
• 10th » Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 10th » Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
• 10th » Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (d. 2013)
• 10th » Rex Marshall, American actor and radio personality (d. 1983)
• 13th » Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
• 14th » Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 14th » Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011)
• 15th » Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer (d. 2012)
• 16th » Jerome Horwitz, American scientist and academic (d. 2012)
• 21st » Eric Brown (pilot) known as Eric Brown, Scottish captain and pilot
• 22nd » Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player (d. 1977)
• 23rd » Frances Bay, Canadian actress (d. 2011)
• 23rd » Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962)
• 23rd » Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
• 24th » Coleman Francis, American director (d. 1973)
• 25th » Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
• 26th » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
• 26th » Bill Nicholson (footballer) called Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
• 27th » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Alvin and the Chipmunks) (d. 1972)
• 28th » Francis Gabreski, American pilot (d. 2002)
• 30th » Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet (d. 1979)
• 30th » Fred Korematsu, Japanese-American activist (d. 2005)
• 31st » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1972)

Famous Deaths for January 1919

• 1st » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
• 4th » Georg von Hertling, German politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 5th » Sumako Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1886)
• 6th » Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
• 6th » Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 7th » Henry Ware Eliot American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 14th » Platon (Kulbusch) known as Platon, Estonian clergyman (b. 1869)
• 15th » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 15th » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 16th » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 21st » Gojong of the Korean Empire (b. 1852)
• 27th » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)

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