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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
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Red Summer – A white mob lynched African-American Paul Jones in Macon, Georgia after he was accused of attacking a local white woman. [13] The 20th Royal Horse Artillery Brigade was disbanded in Cairo. [14] The German Christian Social People's Party was established during a national party conference in Prague. [15]
1919: The Year That Changed America is a 2019 non-fiction children's book by American author Martin W. Sandler.The book details various events from 1919, including the Great Molasses Flood in Boston, "which led to building code, municipal oversight, and corporate liability precedents", the Nineteenth Amendment's passing, racial tensions, the Red Scare, changing labor conditions, and the ...
Urban America was in turmoil throughout 1919. The huge number of returning veterans could not find work, something the Wilson administration had given little thought to. After the war, fear of subversion resumed in the context of the Red Scare, massive strikes in major industries (steel, meatpacking) and violent race riots.
One of the perks of being president of the United States is that many things are later named in your honor -- schools, libraries, even entire cities. And among the most common things to name after ...
The following events occurred in January 1919: . Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt dies at his home in Long Island, New York. The "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference: (from left to right) David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.