WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1919
Find out what all happened June to December 1919

Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (17. December 1919)

Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee. (26. December 1919)

Lāčplēša day – Latvian forces defeat the Freikorps at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. (11. November 1919)

Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen riot and burn down Luton Town Hall. (19. July 1919)

German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14. (31. July 1919)

KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name. (7. October 1919)

The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. (28. October 1919)

The first issue of Diário de Noite is published from Goa. (1. December 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. (22. September 1919)

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. (14. June 1919)

The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World. (11. November 1919)

Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. (18. September 1919)

The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted. (11. August 1919)

Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US. (28. September 1919)

The Netherlands gives women the right to vote. (18. September 1919)

U.S. Marines invade Honduras. (11. September 1919)

The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12. (10. November 1919)

150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. (20. June 1919)

Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I. (21. June 1919)

Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. (10. September 1919)