WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1919
Find out what all happened August to December 1919

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. (2. October 1919)

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

Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student. (30. December 1919)

Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.) (28. November 1919)

Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.) (1. December 1919)

The American Legion is incorporated. (16. September 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)

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

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series. (3. October 1919)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace. (4. September 1919)

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

Black Sox scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series. (9. October 1919)

Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom. (23. December 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)

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

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

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

RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America. (17. October 1919)

The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities. (7. November 1919)