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| Born : | 08/24/1919 | "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Neth writer/singer |
| Born : | 12/15/1919 | Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 06/05/1919 | Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) |
| Born : | 01/04/1919 | Al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark) |
| Born : | 06/24/1919 | Al Molinaro, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Odd Couple, Happy Days) |
| Born : | 11/19/1919 | Alan Young, England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed) |
| Born : | 01/20/1919 | Alex Nicol, Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet) |
| Born : | 10/05/1919 | Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password) |
| Born : | 02/02/1919 | Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07)) |
| Born : | 12/18/1919 | Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer (Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton) |
| Born : | 12/01/1919 | Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81) |
| Born : | 11/30/1919 | Anne S Wadman, Fries literary (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen) |
| Born : | 01/19/1919 | Anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor |
| Born : | 04/04/1919 | Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957) |
| Born : | 04/02/1919 | Antoon J Hubben, mayor (Maasbree)/Political chairman (KVM) |
| Born : | 01/13/1919 | Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game) |
| Born : | 10/11/1919 | Art Blakey, Pitts PA, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers) |
| Born : | 05/09/1919 | Arthur English, comedian/actor |
| Born : | 09/26/1919 | Barbara Britton, Long Beach, Calif, actress (Young & Willing) |
| Born : | 01/01/1919 | Bernard Drukker, organist/pianist/orch leader (Duivelswiel) |
| Born : | 11/03/1919 | Bert Freed, NYC, actor (Rufe-Shane) |
| Born : | 05/19/1919 | Beth Jameson, Norman Ok, golfer (US Women's Open 1947) |
| Born : | 05/03/1919 | Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden & Green-Bells are Ringing) |
| Born : | 05/23/1919 | Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) |
| Born : | 09/19/1919 | Blanche Thebom, Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida) |
| Born : | 01/16/1919 | Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice) |
| Born : | 10/03/1919 | Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], US, sci-fi author (IQ Merchant) |
| Born : | 06/20/1919 | Bruce Gordon, London England, actor (Frank Nitti-Untouchables) |
| Born : | 02/08/1919 | Buddy Morrow, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) |
| Born : | 11/15/1919 | Carol Bruce, Great Neck NY, actress (Lillian Carlson-WKRP) |
| Born : | 01/01/1919 | Carole Landis, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns) |
| Born : | 04/29/1919 | Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve) |
| Born : | 07/16/1919 | Charles Graham, lord-lt of Cumbria UK |
| Born : | 09/27/1919 | Charles H Percy, (Sen-R-Ill) |
| Born : | 11/10/1919 | Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears) |
| Born : | 03/19/1919 | Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party) |
| Born : | 07/31/1919 | Curt Gowdy, Green River Wyo, sportscaster (ABC) |
| Born : | 05/01/1919 | Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop) |
| Born : | 01/27/1919 | David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno Calif, (Alvin & Chipmunks) |
| Born : | 09/24/1919 | Dayton Allen, NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show) |
| Born : | 01/19/1919 | Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 08/08/1919 | Dino DeLaurentis, producer (King Kong) |
| Born : | 02/07/1919 | Dom Hlder Cmara, Brazilian bishop |
| Born : | 04/22/1919 | Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987) |
| Born : | 10/05/1919 | Donald Pleasence, Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween) |
| Born : | 10/22/1919 | Doris Lessing, novelist (Golden Notebook) |
| Born : | 04/05/1919 | Douglas Henley, British auditor-general |
| Born : | 05/28/1919 | Duke of Rutland |
| Born : | 08/22/1919 | Earl Cathcart, British major-general |
| Born : | 02/13/1919 | Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling) |
| Born : | 07/20/1919 | Edmund Hillary, one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest |
| Born : | 04/07/1919 | Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, pe (Olympic-gold-1952) |
| Born : | 10/26/1919 | Edward W Brooke, 1st black senator in over 80 yrs (Sen-R-Mass) |
| Born : | 10/15/1919 | Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is heaven, Earthfall) |
| Born : | 01/25/1919 | Edwin Newman, NYC, newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment) |
| Born : | 03/29/1919 | Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center) |
| Born : | 05/10/1919 | Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct) |
| Born : | 10/07/1919 | Erik Elmster, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer & winter Oly (1948) |
| Born : | 08/28/1919 | Ernest Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line) |
| Born : | 01/23/1919 | Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show) |
| Born : | 05/07/1919 | Eva (Evita) Per¢n-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress |
| Born : | 11/20/1919 | Evelyn Keyes, actress (Adventure of Martin Eden) |
| Born : | 02/25/1919 | F de Jong Edz, historian |
| Born : | 09/15/1919 | Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km) |
| Born : | 02/12/1919 | Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail) |
| Born : | 04/21/1919 | Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng (Oper Grasshopper) |
| Born : | 05/06/1919 | Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey |
| Born : | 05/28/1919 | Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist) |
| Born : | 02/04/1919 | Frank van Klingeren, architect (Mooring Post, Dronten) |
| Born : | 11/26/1919 | Frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl) |
| Born : | 10/07/1919 | Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor (Steve Allen Show) |
| Born : | 10/02/1919 | Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset |
| Born : | 08/25/1919 | George C Wallace, (gov-D-Ala) pres candidate |
| Born : | 11/19/1919 | George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life) |
| Born : | 11/10/1919 | George Fenneman, TV announcer (You Bet You're Life) |
| Born : | 05/20/1919 | George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife) |
| Born : | 05/05/1919 | George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto) |
| Born : | 12/21/1919 | Gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) |
| Born : | 01/14/1919 | Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier (Italy) |
| Born : | 02/11/1919 | Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 03/17/1919 | Hank Sauer, baseballer (NL MVP 1952) |
| Born : | 07/01/1919 | Hans Bender, German poet |
| Born : | 05/14/1919 | Heloise, & her helpful hints [or Apr 15, 1921?] |
| Born : | 02/26/1919 | Hendrika Mastenbroek, Netherlands, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1936) |
| Born : | 11/17/1919 | Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn) |
| Born : | 09/04/1919 | Howard Morris, NYC, comedic actor (High Anxiety) |
| Born : | 04/11/1919 | Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY) |
| Born : | 02/07/1919 | Hlder Cmara, Brazilian bishop |
| Born : | 04/02/1919 | Ian Hunter, impresario |
| Born : | 04/08/1919 | Ian Smith, PM (Rhodesia) |
| Born : | 02/07/1919 | Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936) |
| Born : | 07/15/1919 | Iris Murdoch, Ireland, novelist (Severed Head) |
| Born : | 01/01/1919 | J F "Jerome David" Salinger, author (Catcher in the Rye) |
| Born : | 09/22/1919 | Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows) |
| Born : | 01/31/1919 | Jackie Robinson, Ga, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers) |
| Born : | 03/28/1919 | Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon) |
| Born : | 09/09/1919 | Jacques Marin, Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo) |
| Born : | 08/23/1919 | James Quinn, film producer/exhibitor |
| Born : | 11/30/1919 | Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (By the Night) |
| Born : | 10/30/1919 | Jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn) |
| Born : | 03/02/1919 | Jennifer Jones, [Phyllis Isley], Okla, actress (Farewell to Arms) |
| Born : | 01/03/1919 | Jesse White, Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid) |
| Born : | 09/09/1919 | Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1) |
| Born : | 01/21/1919 | Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party) |
| Born : | 12/30/1919 | Jo Van Fleet, actress (Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden) |
| Born : | 02/13/1919 | Joan Edwards, NYC, singer (Joan Edwards Show) |
| Born : | 11/18/1919 | Jocelyn Brando, San Francisco, actress (Ugly American) |
| Born : | 02/17/1919 | Jock Mahoney, Chicago Ill, actor (Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury) |
| Born : | 07/08/1919 | Johan A Dr Mouw, poet |
| Born : | 05/28/1919 | John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson) |
| Born : | 03/15/1919 | John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World) |
| Born : | 03/24/1919 | John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-TN, 1965- ) |
| Born : | 04/09/1919 | John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC) |
| Born : | 11/01/1919 | John Secondari, Rome Italy, newscaster (Open Hearing) |
| Born : | 07/02/1919 | Johnny Bradford, Long Branch NJ, actor (Ransom Sherman Show) |
| Born : | 08/09/1919 | Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier (PVDA, 1973-77) |
| Born : | 11/02/1919 | Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez) |
| Born : | 11/15/1919 | Joseph Albert Wapner, La, judge (People's Court) |
| Born : | 01/18/1919 | Juan Orrego-Salas, Santiago, Chile, composer |
| Born : | 03/27/1919 | Julian Amery, conservatie minister |
| Born : | 05/27/1919 | Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii,actor (Hawaii Five-0) |
| Born : | 02/17/1919 | Kathleen Freeman, Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies) |
| Born : | 10/08/1919 | Kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991- ) |
| Born : | 06/17/1919 | Kingman Brewster, college president (Yale) |
| Born : | 08/30/1919 | Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) |
| Born : | 03/18/1919 | Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) |
| Born : | 03/01/1919 | Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind) |
| Born : | 03/15/1919 | Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger) |
| Born : | 08/22/1919 | Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant |
| Born : | 01/24/1919 | Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily) |
| Born : | 05/25/1919 | Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets) |
| Born : | 07/14/1919 | Lino Ventura, Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--) |
| Born : | 02/02/1919 | Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss singer |
| Born : | 03/21/1919 | Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie) |
| Born : | 06/16/1919 | Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords) |
| Born : | 08/27/1919 | Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British labour minister |
| Born : | 05/21/1919 | Lord Maxwell, College of Justice (Scotland)/senator |
| Born : | 06/26/1919 | Lord Rawlinson, of Ewell, British attorney general |
| Born : | 02/06/1919 | Louis Heren, journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years) |
| Born : | 06/19/1919 | Louis Jourdan, Marselles France, actor (Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary) |
| Born : | 10/05/1919 | Luis HP Dal, Antillean literary |
| Born : | 03/14/1919 | Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show) |
| Born : | 04/13/1919 | Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist (opppsed prayer in school) |
| Born : | 08/19/1919 | Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) |
| Born : | 09/02/1919 | Marge Champion, LA Calif, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) |
| Born : | 05/18/1919 | Margot Fonteyn, England, ballerina (Giselle) |
| Born : | 05/21/1919 | Mark Wood, bishop of Ludlow |
| Born : | 11/04/1919 | Martin Balsam, NYC, actor (Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22) |
| Born : | 09/29/1919 | Masao Takemoto, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1960) |
| Born : | 02/26/1919 | Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season) |
| Born : | 04/12/1919 | Maurice Girodias, French publisher |
| Born : | 06/17/1919 | Max Dendermonde, [Henk Hazelhoff], literary |
| Born : | 03/14/1919 | Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap) |
| Born : | 03/30/1919 | McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser under JFK |
| Born : | 06/18/1919 | Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill) |
| Born : | 02/05/1919 | Melina Mercuri, actress (Never on a Sunday) |
| Born : | 04/16/1919 | Merce Cunningham, choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus) |
| Born : | 03/11/1919 | Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader |
| Born : | 04/15/1919 | Meriol Trevor, novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners) |
| Born : | 08/12/1919 | Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros) |
| Born : | 10/26/1919 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, Shah of Iran (1941-79) |
| Born : | 11/10/1919 | Moise Tshombe, pres of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zare) |
| Born : | 02/25/1919 | Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 11/05/1919 | Myron Floren, Webster SD, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show) |
| Born : | 03/17/1919 | Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) |
| Born : | 07/19/1919 | Patricia Medina, Liverpool England, actress (High-Low) |
| Born : | 09/30/1919 | Patricia Neway, Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia) |
| Born : | 05/22/1919 | Paul Vanden Boeynants, premier Belgium (1966-68, 1978-79) |
| Born : | 08/06/1919 | Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1946) |
| Born : | 06/19/1919 | Pauline Kael, movie critic (NY Times) |
| Born : | 07/23/1919 | Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) |
| Born : | 05/03/1919 | Pete Seeger, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene) |
| Born : | 11/23/1919 | Peter Strawson, English philosopher |
| Born : | 10/08/1919 | Pierre Eliot Trudeau, premier (Lib) Canada (1968-79) |
| Born : | 10/18/1919 | Pierre Elliot Trudeau, (L) 15th Canadian PM (1968-79, 1980-84) |
| Born : | 12/29/1919 | Pieter Terpstra, journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T) |
| Born : | 07/31/1919 | Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz) |
| Born : | 04/07/1919 | Ralph Flanagan, Loraine Ohio, orch leader (Let's Dance) |
| Born : | 08/09/1919 | Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers) |
| Born : | 02/05/1919 | Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx NYC, comedian/actor (Sayonara) |
| Born : | 08/13/1919 | Rex Humbard, televanglist |
| Born : | 11/25/1919 | Ricardo Montalban, US actor (Fantasy Island) |
| Born : | 08/31/1919 | Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea) |
| Born : | 05/16/1919 | Richard Mason, author |
| Born : | 06/11/1919 | Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident) |
| Born : | 10/17/1919 | Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) |
| Born : | 08/23/1919 | Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO (Rothmans International) |
| Born : | 01/13/1919 | Robert Stack, LA Calif, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane) |
| Born : | 06/20/1919 | Ronald Hines, actor |
| Born : | 08/26/1919 | Ronny Graham, Phila Pa, actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man) |
| Born : | 07/10/1919 | Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time) |
| Born : | 06/14/1919 | Sam Wanamaker, Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal) |
| Born : | 12/14/1919 | Shirley Jackson, US, writer (Road Through the Wall) |
| Born : | 08/27/1919 | Sidney R Yates, (Rep-D-IL, 1949-62, 65- ) |
| Born : | 03/27/1919 | Simon van Collem, journalist/TV host |
| Born : | 06/29/1919 | Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles) |
| Born : | 08/01/1919 | Stanley Middleton, novelist |
| Born : | 03/26/1919 | Sterling Hayden, NJ, actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra) |
| Born : | 11/25/1919 | Steve Brodie, Eldorado Ks, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp) |
| Born : | 03/26/1919 | Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot) |
| Born : | 01/06/1919 | Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes) |
| Born : | 06/18/1919 | Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab) |
| Born : | 02/13/1919 | Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country singer/actor (pea picker) |
| Born : | 05/02/1919 | Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) |
| Born : | 09/28/1919 | Thomas Harmon, football player/sportscaster (Heisman winner) |
| Born : | 05/05/1919 | Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers) |
| Born : | 06/12/1919 | Uta Hagen, Germany, actres (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting |
| Born : | 09/24/1919 | Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman) |
| Born : | 04/30/1919 | Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer |
| Born : | 06/12/1919 | Vera Hruba Ralston, Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder) |
| Born : | 11/14/1919 | Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch) |
| Born : | 08/18/1919 | Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71) |
| Born : | 07/08/1919 | Walter Scheel, German politician |
| Born : | 11/02/1919 | Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit Pa, actor (Richard Boone Show) |
| Born : | 07/07/1919 | William Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago 8) |
| Born : | 05/16/1919 | [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist |
| Died : | 09/27/1919 | Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies |
| Died : | 11/15/1919 | Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies |
| Died : | 06/23/1919 | Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies |
| Died : | 08/11/1919 | Andrew Carnegie, US, industrialist/philanthropist, dies |
| Died : | 04/10/1919 | Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered |
| Died : | 04/18/1919 | Enny Peace, [Maria M Mller], actress, dies |
| Died : | 08/09/1919 | Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher/zoologist (Social Darwinism), dies |
| Died : | 06/05/1919 | Eugen Levin, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated |
| Died : | 10/08/1919 | Eugne Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies |
| Died : | 11/18/1919 | Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies |
| Died : | 02/06/1919 | Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies |
| Died : | 05/02/1919 | Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies |
| Died : | 05/20/1919 | Jacob Verdam, philospher, dies |
| Died : | 08/30/1919 | Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies |
| Died : | 06/30/1919 | John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies |
| Died : | 01/15/1919 | Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered |
| Died : | 02/21/1919 | Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies |
| Died : | 02/21/1919 | Kurt Eisner, soc premier Bayern, murdered |
| Died : | 09/12/1919 | Leonid N Andrejev, Russ journalist/writer (Seven Hangs), dies |
| Died : | 05/30/1919 | Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies |
| Died : | 08/28/1919 | Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies |
| Died : | 08/27/1919 | Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies |
| Died : | 05/06/1919 | Lyman Frank Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 05/25/1919 | Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 07/07/1919 | Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies |
| Died : | 12/03/1919 | Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies |
| Died : | 02/15/1919 | Pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 04/08/1919 | Roland baron Etvs, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 01/15/1919 | Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered |
| Died : | 11/16/1919 | Sfert H Koorders, botanist (Java), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 10/27/1919 | Theodoor H de Meester, premier (1905-08), dies |
| Died : | 01/06/1919 | Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60 |
| Died : | 02/05/1919 | Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 |
| Died : | 05/21/1919 | Victor AD Sgalen, [Max Anly], French ship's doctor/writer, dies |
| Died : | 02/17/1919 | Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian politician, dies |
| Died : | 10/14/1919 | Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies |
| Died : | 04/04/1919 | William Crookes, phsicist/chemist, dies |
| Special : | 06/17/1919 | "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premiers |
| Special : | 08/23/1919 | "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune |
| Special : | 01/19/1919 | "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston |
| Special : | 10/15/1919 | 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money |
| Special : | 11/22/1919 | 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam |
| Special : | 10/19/1919 | 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman |
| Special : | 10/07/1919 | 1st London-Amsterdam airline service (Brit Aerial Transport & KLM) |
| Special : | 05/02/1919 | 1st US air passenger service starts |
| Special : | 06/25/1919 | 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13) |
| Special : | 08/06/1919 | 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) |
| Special : | 07/01/1919 | 1st class postage drops from 3 to 2 |
| Special : | 03/02/1919 | 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin |
| Special : | 02/06/1919 | 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike |
| Special : | 10/02/1919 | 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Neth |
| Special : | 12/23/1919 | 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched |
| Special : | 03/03/1919 | 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC |
| Special : | 04/28/1919 | 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) |
| Special : | 05/04/1919 | 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) |
| Special : | 11/20/1919 | 1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az |
| Special : | 06/15/1919 | 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock & Brown) lands in Ireland |
| Special : | 06/14/1919 | 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld |
| Special : | 11/10/1919 | 1st observance of National Book Week |
| Special : | 02/27/1919 | 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets" |
| Special : | 08/25/1919 | 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) |
| Special : | 05/27/1919 | 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days |
| Special : | 05/08/1919 | 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane |
| Special : | 10/11/1919 | 1st transcontinental air race ends |
| Special : | 01/15/1919 | 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 |
| Special : | 07/11/1919 | 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work |
| Special : | 01/11/1919 | 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed |
| Special : | 04/27/1919 | A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #912 Maritima |
| Special : | 07/04/1919 | ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms |
| Special : | 02/26/1919 | Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette N P), Maine |
| Special : | 11/16/1919 | Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest of Bla Kuns Soviet Republic |
| Special : | 05/03/1919 | Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain |
| Special : | 08/19/1919 | Afghanistan declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 12/23/1919 | Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace |
| Special : | 05/03/1919 | America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City) |
| Special : | 02/27/1919 | American Association for Hard of Hearing formed, NYC |
| Special : | 03/15/1919 | American Legion forms |
| Special : | 09/16/1919 | American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress |
| Special : | 02/15/1919 | American Legion organizes in Paris |
| Special : | 11/10/1919 | American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) |
| Special : | 12/19/1919 | American Meteorological Society found |
| Special : | 04/13/1919 | Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India |
| Special : | 01/02/1919 | Anti-British uprsing in Ireland |
| Special : | 05/28/1919 | Armenia declares it's Independence |
| Special : | 12/17/1919 | Austria parliament approves 8-hour day |
| Special : | 10/27/1919 | Axeman of New Orleans claims last victim |
| Special : | 09/24/1919 | Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey |
| Special : | 10/30/1919 | Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball |
| Special : | 03/23/1919 | Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted |
| Special : | 03/30/1919 | Belgian Army attack Dsseldorf |
| Special : | 01/01/1919 | Belorussian SSR established |
| Special : | 03/23/1919 | Benito Mussolini founds Fascist movement in Milan Italy |
| Special : | 05/15/1919 | Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0 |
| Special : | 12/11/1919 | Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala |
| Special : | 09/09/1919 | Boston's police force goes on strike |
| Special : | 04/12/1919 | British Parliament signs 48 hour work week with minimum wages |
| Special : | 07/06/1919 | British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr) |
| Special : | 04/13/1919 | British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) |
| Special : | 09/04/1919 | British intervene in Petrograd |
| Special : | 09/14/1919 | British regime forbids Sinn Fein D il |
| Special : | 08/13/1919 | British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 |
| Special : | 09/27/1919 | British troops march return to Archangelsk |
| Special : | 12/20/1919 | Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM) |
| Special : | 06/28/1919 | Carl Mazes pitches a complete double-header against Yanks |
| Special : | 07/27/1919 | Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured) |
| Special : | 07/04/1919 | Cincinnati Reds are 10« games back in NL, & win World Series |
| Special : | 03/03/1919 | Communist Party in Germany announces a universal strike |
| Special : | 09/02/1919 | Communist Party of America organized in Chicago |
| Special : | 02/26/1919 | Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona |
| Special : | 09/27/1919 | Democratic National Committee votes to admit women |
| Special : | 03/01/1919 | Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin |
| Special : | 07/21/1919 | Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) |
| Special : | 07/10/1919 | Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman sufferage |
| Special : | 06/12/1919 | Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education |
| Special : | 03/17/1919 | Dutch strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages |
| Special : | 04/05/1919 | Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann |
| Special : | 05/29/1919 | Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington |
| Special : | 09/28/1919 | Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 |
| Special : | 07/17/1919 | Finland adopts constitution |
| Special : | 06/06/1919 | Finland declares war on bolsheviks |
| Special : | 12/15/1919 | Fiume (Reka) declares it's Independence |
| Special : | 07/21/1919 | Fokker aircraft factory opens in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 01/25/1919 | Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later |
| Special : | 04/19/1919 | French assembly decides on 8 hour work day |
| Special : | 02/20/1919 | French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt |
| Special : | 02/11/1919 | Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany |
| Special : | 03/30/1919 | Gandhi introduces resistance against Rowlatt Act |
| Special : | 03/11/1919 | General strike in Germany becomes bloody |
| Special : | 06/21/1919 | German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own fleet |
| Special : | 02/11/1919 | German republican govt takes power |
| Special : | 12/22/1919 | Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) |
| Special : | 08/11/1919 | Green Bay Packers football club founded |
| Special : | 06/28/1919 | Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence |
| Special : | 04/05/1919 | Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana |
| Special : | 09/18/1919 | Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast |
| Special : | 09/10/1919 | Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0 |
| Special : | 11/05/1919 | Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soire-musical" on Dutch radio |
| Special : | 09/02/1919 | Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation |
| Special : | 07/04/1919 | Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship |
| Special : | 09/20/1919 | Jim Barnes wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 08/31/1919 | John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago |
| Special : | 05/14/1919 | Johnny Loftus on Sir Barton wins 44th Preakness Stakes (1:53) |
| Special : | 05/10/1919 | Johnny Loftus on Sir Barton wins 45th Kentucky Derby (2:09.8) |
| Special : | 02/07/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #909 Ulla |
| Special : | 03/01/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #910 Anneliese |
| Special : | 03/19/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #911 Agamemnon |
| Special : | 05/19/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #913 Otila |
| Special : | 08/22/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #918 Itha |
| Special : | 09/01/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #920 Rogeria |
| Special : | 09/04/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #921 Jovita |
| Special : | 09/30/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #923 Herluga |
| Special : | 10/20/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #924 Toni |
| Special : | 09/22/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #2623 & #2637 Bobrovnikoff |
| Special : | 09/18/1919 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #922 Schlutia & #3500 |
| Special : | 12/01/1919 | Lady Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament |
| Special : | 02/25/1919 | League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty |
| Special : | 04/19/1919 | Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall |
| Special : | 06/03/1919 | Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks |
| Special : | 01/02/1919 | Lithuania gains independence |
| Special : | 07/04/1919 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana |
| Special : | 06/06/1919 | Man O' War wins 1st victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont |
| Special : | 08/13/1919 | Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) |
| Special : | 02/02/1919 | Monarchy ends in Portugal |
| Special : | 03/29/1919 | Mont & Seat win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded |
| Special : | 03/23/1919 | Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms |
| Special : | 03/23/1919 | Mussolini fights Fasci di Combattimento |
| Special : | 02/23/1919 | Mussolini finds Facist party of Italy |
| Special : | 05/31/1919 | NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic |
| Special : | 06/26/1919 | NY Daily News begins publishing |
| Special : | 09/10/1919 | NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers |
| Special : | 01/05/1919 | National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms in Germany |
| Special : | 12/10/1919 | Nobel peace prize awarded to US president Wilson |
| Special : | 10/05/1919 | Norwegian population agrees to prohibition |
| Special : | 04/19/1919 | Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) |
| Special : | 03/18/1919 | Order of DeMolay established in Kansas City |
| Special : | 02/25/1919 | Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 per gallon) |
| Special : | 02/19/1919 | Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois |
| Special : | 11/27/1919 | Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies & Bulgaria |
| Special : | 08/31/1919 | Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group |
| Special : | 04/30/1919 | Phillies beat Bkln Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings |
| Special : | 07/07/1919 | Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game |
| Special : | 01/15/1919 | Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland |
| Special : | 09/27/1919 | Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs |
| Special : | 04/20/1919 | Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army |
| Special : | 04/05/1919 | Polish Army executes 35 young Jews |
| Special : | 11/11/1919 | Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views |
| Special : | 09/25/1919 | Pres Wilson becomes seriously ill & collapses after a speech |
| Special : | 07/10/1919 | Pres Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate |
| Special : | 07/08/1919 | Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference |
| Special : | 10/02/1919 | Pres Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke |
| Special : | 01/16/1919 | Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of the states; Nebraska is 36th |
| Special : | 06/02/1919 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers) |
| Special : | 07/24/1919 | Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) |
| Special : | 10/13/1919 | Race riot at Elaine Arkansas |
| Special : | 05/10/1919 | Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed |
| Special : | 07/13/1919 | Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas |
| Special : | 10/17/1919 | Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created |
| Special : | 11/14/1919 | Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia |
| Special : | 06/09/1919 | Red Army captures Ufa |
| Special : | 07/05/1919 | Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times |
| Special : | 06/25/1919 | Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg |
| Special : | 02/21/1919 | Revolutionary strike in Barcelona |
| Special : | 06/01/1919 | Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden |
| Special : | 01/11/1919 | Romania annexes Transylvania |
| Special : | 08/06/1919 | Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest |
| Special : | 12/13/1919 | Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London |
| Special : | 11/12/1919 | Ross & Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia |
| Special : | 01/29/1919 | Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition) |
| Special : | 01/15/1919 | Semana tragedy: bloodbath in Buenos Aires |
| Special : | 11/15/1919 | Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty) |
| Special : | 06/04/1919 | Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill |
| Special : | 10/03/1919 | Serbian, Croatian & Slavic parliment accord for 8 hr work day |
| Special : | 01/21/1919 | Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland |
| Special : | 06/11/1919 | Sir Barton wins 51st Belmont Stakes (2:17.4) & 1st Triple Crown |
| Special : | 02/03/1919 | Socialist conference in Berne Switzerland |
| Special : | 01/05/1919 | Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of seige |
| Special : | 03/31/1919 | Srike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann |
| Special : | 09/22/1919 | Steel strike begins in US |
| Special : | 05/04/1919 | Student revolt at Tian An Men Square, Peking |
| Special : | 08/08/1919 | Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence |
| Special : | 06/28/1919 | Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed |
| Special : | 02/26/1919 | US Congress opens Grand Canyon National Park |
| Special : | 10/27/1919 | US Congress sign Volstead Act |
| Special : | 12/20/1919 | US House of Representatives restricts immigration |
| Special : | 09/26/1919 | US President Wilson hit by a heart attack |
| Special : | 11/19/1919 | US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations |
| Special : | 12/22/1919 | US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman |
| Special : | 06/04/1919 | US marines invade Costa Rica |
| Special : | 11/28/1919 | US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament |
| Special : | 08/10/1919 | Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine |
| Special : | 06/09/1919 | Universal metal strike in France |
| Special : | 05/20/1919 | Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550 |
| Special : | 10/28/1919 | Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto |
| Special : | 07/28/1919 | Vre Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 01/18/1919 | WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France |
| Special : | 06/11/1919 | Walter Hagen wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 08/11/1919 | Weimar Republic begins in Germany |
| Special : | 08/14/1919 | Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play |
| Special : | 12/26/1919 | Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth |
| Special : | 05/12/1919 | Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 |
| Special : | 07/17/1919 | Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play |
| Special : | 05/11/1919 | Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie |
| Special : | 07/29/1919 | 59øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC |
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