September 1919 calendar

Events

• 02 Sep 1919 Italy agress to general voting right / proportional representation
• 04 Sep 1919 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)
• 06 Sep 1919 The U.S. Army expedition across America, which started July 7, ends in San Francisco.
• 10 Sep 1919 New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers.
• 11 Sep 1919 U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
• 12 Sep 1919 Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers Party.
• 16 Sep 1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
• 18 Sep 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage
• 20 Sep 1919 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Engineers Country Club - Roslyn, New York
• 21 Sep 1919 33rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein
• 22 Sep 1919 The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• 24 Sep 1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at age 28 off of New York Yankees player Bob Shawkey.
• 25 Sep 1919 President Wilson becomes seriously ill and collapses after a speech.
• 26 Sep 1919 US President Wilson hit by a heart attack
• 27 Sep 1919 British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
• 28 Sep 1919 Fastest major league game (51 mins), New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.

Famous Birthday

• Elisabeth Volkenrath

  Polish-born German Nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1945).

• Fausto Coppi

  Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at age 40.

• Jacques Marin

  Paris, France -- Actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo).

• Marge Champion

  American dancer, ballet and ballroom, started at age five by her dad, a Hollywood dance instructor.

• Diana Lewis
• Etienne Poirier

  Bourg de Thizy Painters.

• Jan Moore

  American astrologer and a free-lance writer and reporter for 25 years whose work includes astrological columns for the 'teens, a business...

• Charles H Percy

  American politician.

• Morris Blythman

  Scottish poet and influential songwriter of the '50s folk revival.

• James Knox Russell
• Briek Schotte

  Belgian cyclist and coach (d. 2004).

• Roger Grenier

  French novelist, journalist, and existentialist.

• Serge Grave
• Nelson Gidding

  American author and screenwriter (d. 2004).

• Howard Morris

  American actor director and screenwriter (d. 2005).

• Andy Russell

  Los Angeles, California -- Singer (Andy & Della Russell Show).

• Fazlur Rahman

  Pakistani scholar (d. 1988).

• Vaclav Nelhybel

  Polanka, Czechoslovakia -- Composer (Everyman).

• Blanche Thebom

  Monessen, Pennsylvania -- Mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida).

• Aya Zikken

  Author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh).

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Famous Deaths

• Leonid N Andrejev

  Russ journalist / writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48.

• Adelina [Adela JM] Patti

  Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76.

• Worm Pander

  Sculptor.

• Leonid Andreyev

  Russian writer (Born 1871).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Arthur Collins - It's Nobody's Business but My Own
2. Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - I'll Say She Does
3. Helen Clark & George Wilton Ballard - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
4. American Quartet - Anything is Nice if it Comes from Dixie
5. Bert Williams - Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar