March 1919 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin.
• 02 Mar 1919 The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• 03 Mar 1919 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
• 04 Mar 1919 Communist International (“Comintern”) founded.
• 05 Mar 1919 A. Mitchell Palmer becomes Attorney General of the United States through recess appointment.
• 06 Mar 1919 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, three games to one with one tie.
• 09 Mar 1919 The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 breaks out.
• 11 Mar 1919 General strike in Germany, crushed.
• 12 Mar 1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany).
• 15 Mar 1919 American Legion forms (Paris France).
• 17 Mar 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages.
• 18 Mar 1919 Order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City.
• 21 Mar 1919 The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
• 23 Mar 1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted.
• 29 Mar 1919 Stanley Cup: MontrTal (NHL) and Seattle (PCHA) win two games each with one tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic.
• 31 Mar 1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann.

Famous Birthday

• Nat King Cole

  Singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49.

• Jennifer Jones

  American actress who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1943 for her first important role in "The Song of Bernadette.

• Michèle Arnaud

  French singer, producer, and director.

• Bill Ward (comics)
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.

• Max Shulman

  American writer, screenwriter and playwright best known for creating the adventurous 1950's teen Dobie Gillis.

• Susie Porter

  American astrologer, researcher and editor.

• Eugenio Siragusa
• Eileen Heckart

  American actress who is more noted for legitimate theater than for film.

• Strother Martin

  American character actor who often plays grizzled western roles.

• Lawrence Tierney

  American actor of over 80 films in his 50-year career, the brother of actor Scott Brady.

• Dewey F Bartlett
• John Gregson

  Actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55.

• Ramsay Ames
• William Love Starnes
• Sheila Piercey
• Tamara Toumanova

  Russian-American ballerina and actress (d. 1996).

• John J Duncan Jr (Representative-Republican-Tennessee

  1965-).

• Michael Lyne

  British air Vice-marshal.

• Jocelyn Olaf

  Hambro financier.

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Famous Deaths

• Jozef Surzynski composer

  dies at age 67.

• Auguste Tolbecque composer

  dies at age 88.

• Harald Fryklof composer

  dies at age 36.

• Sigurd von Koch composer

  dies at age 39.

• Jean HL Bossard actor/impresario (2 Orphans)

  dies at age 45.

• Melchora Aquino

  Filipino revolutionary hero (Born 1812).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Henry Burr - Don't Cry, Little Gril, Don't Cry
2. Arthur Fields - Would You Rather be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken on Your Kne
3. Nora Bayes - Goodbye, France
4. Peerless Quartet - Goodbye, France
5. Charles Harrison - Rose of No Man's Land