Year of record

1919

8 verified events recorded in 1919.

8 events From Mar 3, 1919 To Nov 11, 1919 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1919-11-11American Legion Founded with Corporate Backing as Anti-Radical Force 6 src
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. · Hamilton Fish III · George White · American Legion
confirmed
1919-11-10Abrams v. United States: Holmes Dissents, Articulates 'Marketplace of Ideas' Free Speech Theory 3 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · Justice Louis Brandeis · Jacob Abrams
confirmed
1919-11-07Palmer Raids Begin: Attorney General and J. Edgar Hoover Arrest 6,000 in 36 Cities, Deport 249 on "Soviet Ark" 4 src
A. Mitchell Palmer · J. Edgar Hoover · U.S. Department of Justice · Emma Goldman · +2
confirmed
1919-09-22Great Steel Strike Crushed Using Red Scare Propaganda, Palmer Raids 3 src
American Federation of Labor · United States Steel Corporation · Elbert H. Gary · Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer · +1
confirmed
1919-08-01Hoover Named to Lead Justice Department Radical Division, Origin of Permanent Political Dossier System 3 src
J. Edgar Hoover · A. Mitchell Palmer · Department of Justice · General Intelligence Division
confirmed
1919-07-27Red Summer: Chicago Race Riot Erupts as White Mobs Attack Black Neighborhoods, 38 Killed 3 src
Chicago Police Department · Irish American athletic clubs · Black Great Migration communities · Governor Frank Lowden · +1
confirmed
1919-06-04Senate Passes 19th Amendment Sending Women's Suffrage to States for Ratification 3 src
U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Woodrow Wilson · National American Woman Suffrage Association · +1
confirmed
1919-03-03Schenck v. United States: Supreme Court Creates 'Clear and Present Danger' Test, Upholds Espionage Act Convictions 3 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · Charles Schenck · Socialist Party of America
confirmed