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What Happened In May 1919 In History

Historical Events for May, 1919

  • 4th » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Republican China known as Chinese territory to Japan.
  • 8th » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of World War I.
  • 15th » The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
  • 15th » Greek invasion of İzmir e.g Smyrna. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turkish people e.g Turks. Those responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • 16th » A naval Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company or Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland and Labrador called Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • 19th » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
  • 27th » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
  • 29th » The Republic of Prekmurje is founded.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1919

  • 1st » Manna Dey, Indian singer (d. 2013)
  • 1st » Lewis Hill, American broadcaster, co-founded Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
  • 1st » Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco
  • 3rd » John Cullen Murphy, American illustrator (d. 2004)
  • 3rd » Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 2014)
  • 4th » Dory Funk, American wrestler (d. 1973)
  • 4th » Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic
  • 5th » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
  • 7th » La Esterella, Flemish singer (d. 2011)
  • 7th » Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)
  • 8th » Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
  • 9th » Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Arthur English, English actor (d. 1995)
  • 12th » Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (d. 2002)
  • 14th » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
  • 14th » John Hope (meteorologist) or John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
  • 16th » Liberace, American singer, pianist, and actor (d. 1987)
  • 16th » Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
  • 17th » Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
  • 17th » Merle Miller, American author (d. 1986)
  • 17th » Gustav Naan, Soviet Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994)
  • 17th » Vern Pyles, American politician (d. 2013)
  • 18th » Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina (d. 1991)
  • 19th » Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
  • 19th » Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
  • 20th » George Gobel, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
  • 21st » George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
  • 22nd » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
  • 23rd » Robert Bernstein (comics) called Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
  • 23rd » Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Prince Jagat Singh (d. 2009)
  • 23rd » Avraham Drori, Polish-Israeli politician (d. 1964)
  • 23rd » Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (d. 2012)
  • 23rd » Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
  • 26th » Rubén González (pianist) known as Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club and Estrellas de Areito) (d. 2003)
  • 29th » Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic
  • 30th » René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
  • 31st » Huy Cận, Vietnamese poet (d. 2005)
  • 31st » Robie Macauley, American author and critic (d. 1995)

Famous Deaths for May 1919

  • 4th » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
  • 6th » L. Frank Baum, American author (b. 1856)
  • 14th » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
  • 17th » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
  • 21st » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
  • 24th » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870)
  • 25th » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
  • 25th » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
  • 27th » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
  • 29th » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

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