July 1919 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1919 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents
• 02 Jul 1919 Syrian National Congress in Damascus. Arab nationalist announce independence.
• 04 Jul 1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
• 05 Jul 1919 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers
• 06 Jul 1919 British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic
• 07 Jul 1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game
• 08 Jul 1919 President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference.
• 10 Jul 1919 Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman suffrage
• 11 Jul 1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day / No Sunday work
• 13 Jul 1919 Chicago White Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support afield
• 17 Jul 1919 Finland adopts constitution
• 19 Jul 1919 Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen riot and burn down Luton Town Hall.
• 21 Jul 1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill).
• 24 Jul 1919 Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded).
• 27 Jul 1919 Chicago race riot (15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured).
• 28 Jul 1919 Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam
• 31 Jul 1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution

Famous Birthday

• Lino Ventura

  Actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67.

• Edmund Hillary

  New Zealand native who was both an adventurer and author.

• Primo Levi

  Italian novelist, essayist, poet and scientist, whose writings were influenced by his imprisonment at a concentration camp in Auschwitz,...

• João Jorge Saad
• Iris Murdoch

  Irish novelist and professor of philosophy with a Ph.

• Jean Hugon
• Henri Génès
• Ferdi Kübler
• Ross T Dwyer
• Walter Scheel

  German liberal politician, minister and vice-premier under Willy Brandt.

• William Kunstler

  American author and radical attorney noted for being a crusader for the people's rights against the all-powerful state.

• Albert Batteux

  French soccer player for Stade de Reims from 1937 until 1950 when he turned his attention to coaching.

• Jerome H King
• Richard H Ellis
• Gerald W Johnson
• Vera Ralston
• Robert Pinget

  Novelist / Playwright, dies at 78.

• Denise Bosc
• Colin Legum
• Berniece Baker

  American noted family member, she is the half-sister of Marilyn Monroe.

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Famous Deaths

• Paul Deusen

  German philosopher / CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft).

• Sir Edward Poynter

  British painter (Born 1836).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Arthur Fields - Bring Back Those Wonderful Days
2. Emilio DeGogorza - Juanita
3. Marion Harris - Jazz Baby
4. Columbia Saxophone Sextette - Chong
5. Victor Herbert & His Orchestra - Kiss Me Again