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November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis. Final agreement comes on December 10. November 7 – The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution : over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S ...
Mass meeting of Cleveland steel workers in Brookside Park during strike, October 1, 1919. The United States strike wave of 1919 was a succession of extensive labor strikes following World War I that unfolded across various American industries, involving more than four million American workers.
Damage done by the bomb at Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's house Mitchell Palmer house in Washington DC 2132 R Street NW after bomb attack June 2, 1919 June 3, 1919, Newspapers of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings. On the evening of June 2, 1919, [3] the Galleanists managed to detonate nine large bombs nearly simultaneously in ...
1919 – President Wilson has a massive stroke. First Lady Edith Wilson takes over in a "silent coup". 1919 – United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations; 1919 – 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition; 1919 – Black Sox Scandal during that year's World Series, with the fallout lasting for decades
July 19–23, 1919: Race riot in Washington, D.C. August 31, 1919: The Communist Party of the United States was established; September 9, 1919: Boston Police Strike; September 22, 1919: Steel strike of 1919; October 2, 1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed; November 1, 1919: Coal Strike of 1919
- Umpire, V. Everit (2/25/1919) [4] However, The Marine Workers Union refused these terms and re-declared a strike on March 4, 1919. [1] [8] A notable exception to the strike occurred two days later, when workers returned to help dock & greet returning soldiers from World War 1. The Leviathan ship pulls into NY Harbor on March 6, 1919.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. 1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States Great Molasses Flood The wreckage of the collapsed tank is visible in background, center, next to the light-colored warehouse Date January 15, 1919 ; 106 years ago (1919-01-15) Time Approximately 12:30 pm Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S ...
African-American troops in France, c. 1917–19. World War I ended with the signing of the Armistice of November 11, 1918.Though the fighting stopped, the war's potential to resume still existed and peace was only reached when representatives of Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.