LIFE 1919
Historical Highlights from 1919 :
- Prohibition starts with the ratification of the 18th amendment.
- Mahatma Gandhi begins his nonviolent resistance movement against British rule in India.
- Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford establish United Artists.
- Dial telephones are introduced by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
- Felix the Cat first appears in Feline Follies, making him the first cartoon character.
- The Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending World War I.
- The British dirigible airship R34 lands at Mineola, New York, completing the first transatlantic flight by airship.
- The first NFL team for Wisconsin (the Green Bay Packers) is founded.
- Black Sox Scandal: The Chicago White Sox throw the World Series.
- J. D. Salinger, author notable for the novel Catcher in the Rye, is born.
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