Events of 1919. January 3: Death of President Roosevelt.

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Events of 1919

January 3: Death of President Roosevelt

January 15: A wave of molasses flows through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150

January 16: The 18th Amendment goes into effect, banning alcohol in the United States

January 18: The Versailles peace conference begins

Feb: Seattle General Strike

February 23: Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party

Feb: Chicago Race Riots

March 2: The first Communist International commences in Moscow

May 1: Socialist/Communist riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio leading to 2 deaths, 40 injuries, and 116 arrests.

May 22: Solar eclipse helps prove Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Anarchist bombing of Attorney General Palmer’s house

June 4: The US Congress approves the 19th Amendment, which grants suffrage to women. It is then sent to the states for ratification.

June 28: The Treaty of Versailles is signed officially ending World War I.

Americans sent to Siberia to fight Bolsheviks

Boston Police Strike

September 10: A hurricane hits the Florida Keys comes ashore, eventually killing 600 people.

September 22: Steel Strike

September 28: A lynch mob attacks the police station in Omaha, Nebraska and hangs alleged rapist Will Brown.

President Wilson suffers a stroke in Pueblo, Co., Oct. 2

“Black Sox” Scandal Transylvania shown in yellow

October 28: Prohibition begins, despite President Wilson’s veto

Soviet Ark- The Buford

Molly Steimer and three others deported for opposing war.

Lodge Reservations doom Treaty of Versailles in U.S. Senate

Spanish Flu finally officially ends