What is 1919?
{{Year nav|1919}} {{Year in various calendars|1919}} '''1919''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXIX]]) was a [[common year]] [[Common year starting on Wednesday|starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. The Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar. == Events == * [[January 15]] – [[Great Molasses Flood]] in [[Boston]] kills 21 people. * [[January 16]] – [[Prohibition]] begins in the United States. * [[June 28]] – The [[Treaty of Versailles]] is signed, ending [[World War I]]. * Charles Strite invents the toaster. * [[Jules Bordet]], [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Medical doctor|doctor]], won the 1919 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] == Births == === January === [[File:Robert Stack - still.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Robert Stack]]]] [[File:Giulio Andreotti.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Giulio Andreotti]]]] [[File:Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1954.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jackie Robinson]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Carole Landis]], American actress and singer (d. [[1948]]) * [[January 13]] – [[Robert Stack]], American actor (d. [[2003]]) * [[January 14]] – [[Giulio Andreotti]], 41st [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. [[2013]]) * [[January 27]] - [[Ross Bagdasarian|Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.]], creator of [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] (d. [[1972]]) * [[January 31]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], American baseball player (d. [[1972]]) === February === [[File:Andreas Papandreou (1968) 2 crop.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Andreas Papandreou]]]] [[File:Jack Palance - 1954.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jack Palance]]]] * [[February 5]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. [[1996]]) * [[February 18]] – [[Jack Palance]], American actor and singer (d. [[2006]]) === March === [[File:Jennifer Jones - Publicity.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Jennifer Jones]]]] [[File:Nat King Cole (Gottlieb 01511).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nat King Cole]]]] * [[March 2]] – [[Jennifer Jones]], American actress (d. [[2009]]) * [[March 17]] – [[Nat King Cole]], American singer and jazz pianist (d. [[1965]]) * [[March