1919 in the United States

Events from the year 1919 in the United States.

1919
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Champ Clark (D-Missouri) (until March 4)
Frederick H. Gillett (R-Massachusetts) (starting May 19)

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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July 7–September 6: The First Transcontinental Motor Convoy

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Undated

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Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Robert Stack
 
Jackie Robinson

February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Deaths

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Theodore Roosevelt

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Chief Executive Takes Oath". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1919-01-21. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  2. ^ "Poland - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. ^ "Finland - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. ^ "Chicago History". Chicago Public Library. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13.
  5. ^ Rahimi, Shadi (June 10, 2005). "Going, Going, Gone: Babe Ruth Contract Sold for $996,000". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  6. ^ Mcshane, Larry (June 10, 2005). "Babe Ruth contract sells after 15 minutes of intense bidding". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  7. ^ a b "Ruth Bought By New York Americans For $125,000, Highest Price In Baseball Annals" (PDF). The New York Times. January 6, 1920. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  8. ^ "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (12 May 2021). "Lester L. Wolff, Influential Former Congressman, Dies at 102". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  10. ^ Brown, Emma (February 23, 2021). "Lawrence Ferlinghetti, literary citadel of San Francisco, dies at 101". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  11. ^ Bernstein, Adam (2006-12-12). "Singer Georgia Gibbs, 87; Performed With Big Bands and on Radio Shows". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
  12. ^ "Actress Jayne Meadows dies at 95; spent early years in Providence". The Providence Journal. April 28, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  13. ^ Leo Marx, 102, Dies; Studied Clash of Nature and Culture in America
  14. ^ "Joseph Wapner | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. ^ Barnett, David (September 3, 2013). "Frederik Pohl, grandmaster of science fiction, dies aged 93". The Guardian. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  16. ^ WWII veteran and civil rights lawyer Johnnie Jones dies
  17. ^ U.S. Census, January 1, 1920, State of New York, County of New York, enumeration district 701, p. 8-A, family 200.
  18. ^ "Nat Goodwin Dies of Apoplexy" (PDF). The New York Times. 1919-02-01.
  19. ^ "Andrew Carnegie". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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