What Happened In October 1919 In History

Historical Events for October, 1919

• 2nd » President of the United States named U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralysis named paralyzed.
• 3rd » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a 1919 World Series known as World Series.
• 7th » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• 9th » Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
• 17th » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1919

• 1st » Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
• 2nd » John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)
• 3rd » James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Jean Lefebvre, French-Moroccan actor (d. 2004)
• 5th » Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
• 5th » Donald Pleasence, English actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 7th » Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
• 7th » Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)
• 8th » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
• 10th » Willard Estey, Canadian jurist (d. 2002)
• 10th » Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 11th » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
• 11th » Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (d. 1999)
• 12th » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (d. 2007)
• 12th » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier (d. 1943)
• 13th » R. Kanagasuntheram, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2010)
• 15th » Malcolm Ross (balloonist) known as Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
• 16th » Kathleen Winsor, American author (d. 2003)
• 17th » Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian physicist
• 18th » Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996)
• 18th » Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
• 18th » Camilla Williams, American soprano (d. 2012)
• 20th » Tracy Hall, American chemist (d. 2008)
• 21st » Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Kathleen Ankers, English-American set designer (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Doris Lessing, Iranian-English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992)
• 24th » Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
• 26th » Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010)
• 26th » Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General
• 26th » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Persian king (d. 1980)
• 30th » David Werdyger, Polish-American singer (d. 2014)
• 31st » Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author
• 31st » Daphne Oxenford, English actress (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for October 1919

• 1st » Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
• 7th » Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 13th » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 29th » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 30th » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850)

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