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1919 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2025. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1919 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1919

• January 16, 1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
• January 22, 1919 – Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• February 1, 1919 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• February 21, 1919 – German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• March 2, 1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• April 1, 1919 – The Staatliches Bauhaus school is founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar.
• May 4, 1919 – May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• July 11, 1919 – The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• September 11, 1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
• October 3, 1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.

Who Were Born On 1919?

• January 26, 1919 – Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
• March 17, 1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
• March 19, 1919 – Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
• April 13, 1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)
• April 21, 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer and trumpet player (d. 2004)
• May 22, 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
• June 17, 1919 – John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot
• September 18, 1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
• October 28, 1919 – Walt Hansgen, American racing driver (d. 1966)
• December 6, 1919 – Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)