Today in History for December 1919

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

1st - AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
1st - Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
10th - NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers
10th - NY, Boston, & Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
10th - Nobel peace prize awarded to US president Wilson
11th - Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
13th - Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
15th - Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in NYC
15th - Fiume (Rijeka) declares it's Independence
17th - Austria parliament approves 8-hour day
19th - American Meteorological Society found
20th - Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
20th - US House of Representatives restricts immigration
21st - J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
22nd - Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
22nd - US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman
23rd - 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched
23rd - Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
26th - Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 27th - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
30th - Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 33 of 33

1st - Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
1st - Ike Isaacs, guitarist
2nd - Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher
3rd - Charles Craig, opera singer
5th - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
6th - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983)
6th - Jimmy Bivins [James], Cleveland, Ohio, Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer, (d. 2012)
7th - Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)
8th - Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer
8th - Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg, composer
8th - Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (d. 1997)
9th - William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate
10th - Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer
10th - Alexander Courage, American composer (d. 2008)
11th - Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, American actress (Double Deal)
12th - Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. 2001)
12th - Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
13th - Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
15th - Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
16th - Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)
19th - Benedict Freedman, New York, NY, novelist and mathematician (Mrs Mike), (d. 2012)
21st - Gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
23rd - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (d. 2006)
25th - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
25th - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
25th - Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
28th - Inocenti Carreno, composer
29th - Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T)
29th - Roman Vlad, composer
30th - David Valentine Willcocks, composer
30th - Dick Spooner, England, cricket wicketkeeper (Godfrey Evans' shadow)
30th - Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress (Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden)
31st - Tommy Byrne, American baseball player

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

19th - Composer and songwriter Cole Porter (28) weds socialite Linda Lee Thomas (36)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
3rd - Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
13th - Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
13th - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)
18th - Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56
18th - John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27
27th - Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
27th - Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
28th - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854)