Here is a list of events that happened one hundred years ago. Each student will select three of these to work on during the semester. If desired, students can find other 1919 events that happened and can use them, with the permission of the instructor.
- You must choose at least one event from a category with an asterisk(*).
- You may not choose more than one from the same category.
Culture
- Founding of United Artists
- Founding of the Algonquin Round Table
- Choose a film from 1919 in Film
- Choose a book from 1919 Books
- Choose a song from 1919 Songs
- First Transatlantic Flight (Jon)
- Ripley’s Believe it or Not! begins publication
- Felix the Cat cartoon begun
- Motor Transport Corps Convoy
- Daily News Founded
Crime
- Axeman of New Orleans (Jon)
- Centralia Massacre
- Triple Murder in Washington, D.C. (Cody)
- Lynching of Willy Brown
Disasters
- Florida Keys Hurricane (Anthony)
- Influenza Epidemic (Philip)
- Great Molasses Flood (Caitlin)
- Wingfoot Air Express Crash
Education
- New School for Social Research Founded
- Progressive Education Association Founded (Caitlin)
- University of California, Los Angeles Founded
Foreign Affairs (focus on American impact)
- Paris Peace Conference (Gloria)
- League of Nations (Evan)
- Spartacist Uprising in Germany
- Establishment of the Weimar Republic
Government
- Passage of the Volstead Act (Gloria)
- Passage of the 19th Amendment (Julia)
- Woodrow Wilson’s Stroke
- Grand Canyon National Park Established (Becca)
-
Schenck v. United States (Cody)
Labor (*)
- Steel Strike of 1919 (Cody)
- Coal Strike
- Seattle General Strike (Jon)
- Boston Telephone Strike
- Boston Police Strike (John)
Industry
- Browning Machine Gun (Evan)
- Thompson Sub-machine Gun
- Edsel Ford takes over Ford Motor Company
- Founding of RCA
- Dial telephones introduced
Race (*)
- Chicago Race Riot (Caitlin)
- Red Summer (Becca)
- Charleston Race Riot (John)
- Elaine Race Riot (Evan)
- Omaha Race Riot (Anthony)
Radicalism (*)
- Red Scare of 1919-1920
- Anarchist bombings (Julia)
- Communist Party of the United States Founded (Becca)
- Palmer Raids
- Socialist Party of America splintered
- Cleveland May Day Riots
- Emma Goldman Deported
- Eugene V. Debs Imprisoned for speaking against the Draft (Gloria)
- Overman Committee