1919 in the United States

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1919
in
the United States
Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1919 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Champ Clark (D-Missouri) (until March 4)
Frederick H. Gillett (R-Massachusetts) (starting May 19)

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

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July 7–September 6: The First Transcontinental Motor Convoy

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January

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Robert Stack
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Jackie Robinson

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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Theodore Roosevelt

See also

References

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  16. WWII veteran and civil rights lawyer Johnnie Jones dies
  17. U.S. Census, January 1, 1920, State of New York, County of New York, enumeration district 701, p. 8-A, family 200.
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