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| + | "Battalions of the accursed . . . will march . .. some of them livid and some of them fiery and some of them rotten. Some of them corpses, skeletons, mummies, twitching, tottering. . . . Here and there will flit little harlots. Many are clowns . . . some are assassins. There are pale stenches and gaunt superstitions and mere shadows." --''[[The Book of the Damned]]'' (1919) by Charles Fort | ||
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| + | '''1919''' (MCMXIX) is the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade. | ||
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *''[[Atlantida (novel)]]'' | + | *In June 1919, [[Max Jacob]] sent [[Raymond Radiguet]], a young writer, to meet [[Jean Cocteau]] |
| + | *''[[Atlantida (novel)|Atlantida]]'', a French novel by Pierre Benoit | ||
| *[[Institut für Sexualwissenschaft]] founded | *[[Institut für Sexualwissenschaft]] founded | ||
| - | *''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)]]'' | + | *''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)|Winesburg, Ohio]]'', short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson |
| - | *''[[The Uncanny (Freud)|The Uncanny]]'' by [[Sigmund Freud]] | + | *''[[The Uncanny (Sigmund Freud essay)|The Uncanny]]'' by Sigmund Freud |
| *''[[A Child Is Being Beaten]]'' by Sigmund Freud | *''[[A Child Is Being Beaten]]'' by Sigmund Freud | ||
| *[[Weimar culture]] (1919 - 1933) | *[[Weimar culture]] (1919 - 1933) | ||
| - | *Beat the white with the Red wedge by [[El Lissitzky]] | + | *[[Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge]] by El Lissitzky |
| - | *Alma Mahler by [[Hermine Moos]] | + | *Alma Mahler by [[Hermine Moos]] |
| *[[Bauhaus]] founded | *[[Bauhaus]] founded | ||
| *Start of alcohol prohibition in Finland | *Start of alcohol prohibition in Finland | ||
| - | *''[[The End Of The World Filmed By An Angel]]'' | + | *''[[The End Of The World Filmed By An Angel]]'', a French-language novel by Blaise Cendrars |
| + | *"[[What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?]]" | ||
| + | *''[[L.H.O.O.Q.]]'' by Duchamp | ||
| + | *''[[The Book of the Damned]]'' by Charles Fort | ||
| + | *''[[Sex and Sex Worship]]'' by Otto Augustus Wall | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | == Births == | + | |
| - | * [[January 1]] – [[J. D. Salinger]], American novelist (''The Catcher in the Rye'') | + | * [[January 1]] – [[J. D. Salinger]], American novelist (''The Catcher in the Rye'') (d. [[2010]]) |
| * [[January 23]] – [[Ernie Kovacs]], American comedian (d. [[1962]]) | * [[January 23]] – [[Ernie Kovacs]], American comedian (d. [[1962]]) | ||
| - | **<!--January 23-->[[Bob Paisley]], British football player and manager (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 24]] – [[Leon Kirchner]], American composer | ||
| - | * [[January 25]] – [[Edwin Newman]], American journalist and writer (''NBC Nightly News'') | ||
| - | **<!--January 25-->[[Eula Beal]], American contralto (d. [[2008]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 26]] – [[Valentino Mazzola]], Italian footballer (d. [[Superga air disaster|1949]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 27]] – [[Ross Bagdasarian]], American musician and actor (''Alvin and the Chipmunks'') (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 31]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], African-American baseball player (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 5]] | ||
| - | **<!--February 5-->[[Red Buttons]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | **<!--February 5-->[[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 9]] – [[Langdon Brown Gilkey]], American Protestant ecumenical theologian (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 11]] | ||
| - | **<!--February 11-->[[Eva Gabor]], Hungarian actress (''Green Acres'') (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| - | **<!--February 11-->[[Eddie Robinson (football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], American football coach (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 12]] – [[Forrest Tucker]], American actor (''F Troop'') (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 13]] – [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], American musician (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 16]] – [[Charlie Parlato]], American musician (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| * [[February 18]] – [[Jack Palance]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) | * [[February 18]] – [[Jack Palance]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 20]] – [[Joe Krol]], Canadian football player (d. [[2008]]) | + | * [[March 17]] – [[Nat King Cole]], African-American singer (''Unforgettable'') (d. 1965) |
| - | * [[February 24]] – [[Árpád Bogsch]], Hungarian international civil servant (d. [[2004]]) | + | * [[March 24]] – [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], American author and publisher (d. 2021) |
| - | * [[February 26]] | + | * [[April 19]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) |
| - | **<!--February 26-->[[Rie Mastenbroek]], Dutch swimmer (d. [[2003]]) | + | * [[April 12]] – [[Maurice Girodias]] , British publisher (d. [[1990]]) |
| - | **<!--February 26-->[[Mason Adams]], American character actor (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
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| - | ===March-April=== | + | |
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| - | * [[March 2]] – [[Jennifer Jones (actor)|Jennifer Jones]], American actress | + | |
| - | * [[March 4]] – [[Buck Baker]], American racecar driver (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 7]] – [[M. N. Nambiar]], Indian film actor (d. [[2008]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 15]] – [[Lawrence Tierney]], American actor (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 17]] – [[Nat King Cole]], African-American singer (''Unforgettable'') (d. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 24]] | + | |
| - | **<!--March 24--> – [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], American author and publisher | + | |
| - | **<!--March 24--> – [[Robert Heilbroner]], American economist (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 29]] – [[Eileen Heckart]], American actress (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * [[March 30]] – [[McGeorge Bundy]], U.S. National Security Advisor (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | * [[April 1]] – [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] | + | |
| - | * [[April 8]] – [[Ian Smith]], [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia]] (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * [[April 13]] – [[Phil Tonken]], American radio and television announcer (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | * [[April 19]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer | + | |
| - | * [[April 20]] – [[Richard Hillary]], British pilot and author (d. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | * [[April 22]] – [[Donald J. Cram]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
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| - | ===May-June=== | + | |
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| - | * [[May 1]] | + | |
| - | **<!--May 1-->[[Dan O'Herlihy]], Irish film actor (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | **<!--May 1-->[[Mohammed Karim Lamrani]], [[Prime Minister of Morocco]] | + | |
| - | * [[May 3]] | + | |
| - | **<!--May 3-->[[John Cullen Murphy]], American comic strip artist (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | **<!--May 3-->[[Pete Seeger]], American folk singer and musician | + | |
| - | * [[May 4]] – [[Dory Funk]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 7]] – [[Eva Perón]], wife of Argentine President [[Juan Peron]] (d. [[1952]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 8]] – [[Lex Barker]], American actor (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 16]] – [[Liberace]], American pianist (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 17]] – [[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 18]] – [[Margot Fonteyn]], English ballet dancer (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 20]] – [[George Gobel]], American comedian (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 23]] – [[Betty Garrett]], American actress and dancer | + | |
| - | * [[June 4]] – [[Robert Merrill]], American baritone (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| * [[June 19]] – [[Pauline Kael]], American film critic (d. [[2001]]) | * [[June 19]] – [[Pauline Kael]], American film critic (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 21]] – [[Gérard Pelletier]], Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 26]] – [[Richard Neustadt]], American political historian (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 30]] – [[Ed Yost]], American inventor (d. [[2007]]) | ||
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| - | ===July-August=== | ||
| - | * [[July 6]] – [[Ernst Haefliger]], Swiss tenor (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 7]] – [[Jon Pertwee]], British actor (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| * [[July 15]] – [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish novelist (d. [[1999]]) | * [[July 15]] – [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish novelist (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 20]] – [[Edmund Hillary|Sir Edmund Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer, conqueror of Mount Everest (d. [[2008]]) | + | * [[July 26]] – [[James Lovelock]], English biologist and chemist (d. 2022) |
| - | * [[July 31]] – [[Maurice Boitel]], French painter (d. [[2007]]) | + | * [[September 4]] – [[Gualtiero Jacopetti]], Italian director (d. [[2011]]) |
| - | * [[August 11]] – [[Ginette Neveu]], French violinist (d. [[1949]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 13]] – [[Rex Humbard]], American television evangelist (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 15]] – [[Benedict Kiely]], Irish author and broadcaster (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 21]] – [[Dalmiro Finol]], Venezuelan baseball player (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 25]] – [[George Wallace]], Governor of Alabama (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 28]] – [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 31]] – [[Amrita Preetam]], Indian poetess and author (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
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| - | ===September-October=== | + | |
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| - | * [[September 11]] – [[Ota Sik]], Czech economist and politician (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * [[September 21]] – [[Fazlur Rahman]], Pakistani Islamic scholar (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | * [[September 24]] – [[Rick Vallin]], Russian-American actor (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | * [[September 26]] – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet and researcher | + | |
| - | * [[September 27]] – [[James H. Wilkinson]], English mathematician (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 3]] – [[James M. Buchanan]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate | + | |
| * [[October 5]] – [[Donald Pleasence]], English actor (d. [[1995]]) | * [[October 5]] – [[Donald Pleasence]], English actor (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 7]] – [[Zelman Cowen]], [[Governor-General of Australia]] | ||
| * [[October 11]] – [[Art Blakey]], American jazz drummer (d. [[1990]]) | * [[October 11]] – [[Art Blakey]], American jazz drummer (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 12]] – [[Doris Miller]], American sailor (d. [[1943]]) | + | * [[October 22]] – [[Doris Lessing]], British writer (d. [[2013]]) |
| - | * [[October 16]] – [[Kathleen Winsor]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 17]] – [[Zhao Ziyang]], prime minister of the [[People's Republic of China]] (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 18]] | + | |
| - | **<!--October 18-->[[Anita O'Day]], American jazz singer (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | **<!--October 18-->[[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 22]] – [[Doris Lessing]], British writer | + | |
| - | * [[October 23]] – [[Manolis Andronikos]], Greek archaeologist (d [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 26]] | + | |
| - | **<!--October 26-->[[James E. Myers]], American songwriter (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | **<!--October 26-->[[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], [[Shah of Iran]] (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
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| - | ===November-December=== | + | |
| - | * [[November 3]] | + | |
| - | **<!--November 3-->[[Jesús Blasco]], Spanish comic book author (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | **<!--November 3-->[[Spider Jorgensen]], American baseball player and coach (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 5]] – [[Myron Floren]], American accordionist (''The Lawrence Welk Show'') (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 10]] – [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]], Russian firearms inventor | + | |
| - | * [[November 14]] – [[Lisa Otto]], German soprano | + | |
| - | * [[November 15]] – [[Roy Burden, RCAF|Roy Burden]], Canadian World War II pilot (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 18]] – [[Andrée Borrel]], French World War II heroine (d. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 28]] – [[Keith Miller]], Australian sportsman (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * [[December 4]] – [[I. K. Gujral]], Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1997-98) | + | |
| * [[December 6]] – [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born literary critic (d. [[1983]]) | * [[December 6]] – [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born literary critic (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 8]] – [[Mieczyslaw Weinberg]], Polish composer (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 9]] – [[William Lipscomb]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate | ||
| - | * [[December 21]] – [[Ove Sprogøe]], Danish actor (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 31]] – [[Tommy Byrne (baseball)|Tommy Byrne]], baseball player (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| - | *[[Maurice Girodias]] (1919 - 1990) | + | * [[August 9]] – [[Ernst Haeckel]], German biologist, naturalist and philosopher (b. 1834) |
| - | *[[Pauline Kael]] (1919 - 2001) | + | * [[September 2]] – [[Jean-Pierre Brisset]], French writer (b. 1837) |
| - | *[[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]] (1919 - ) | + | |
| - | *[[Gualtiero Jacopetti]] (1919 - ) | + | |
| - | *[[Ernst Haeckel]] (1834 — 1919) | + | |
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"Battalions of the accursed . . . will march . .. some of them livid and some of them fiery and some of them rotten. Some of them corpses, skeletons, mummies, twitching, tottering. . . . Here and there will flit little harlots. Many are clowns . . . some are assassins. There are pale stenches and gaunt superstitions and mere shadows." --The Book of the Damned (1919) by Charles Fort |
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1919 (MCMXIX) is the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade.
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Art and culture
- In June 1919, Max Jacob sent Raymond Radiguet, a young writer, to meet Jean Cocteau
- Atlantida, a French novel by Pierre Benoit
- Institut für Sexualwissenschaft founded
- Winesburg, Ohio, short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson
- The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud
- A Child Is Being Beaten by Sigmund Freud
- Weimar culture (1919 - 1933)
- Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky
- Alma Mahler by Hermine Moos
- Bauhaus founded
- Start of alcohol prohibition in Finland
- The End Of The World Filmed By An Angel, a French-language novel by Blaise Cendrars
- "What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?"
- L.H.O.O.Q. by Duchamp
- The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
- Sex and Sex Worship by Otto Augustus Wall
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Births
- January 1 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (The Catcher in the Rye) (d. 2010)
- January 23 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962)
- February 18 – Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
- March 17 – Nat King Cole, African-American singer (Unforgettable) (d. 1965)
- March 24 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher (d. 2021)
- April 19 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
- April 12 – Maurice Girodias , British publisher (d. 1990)
- June 19 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (d. 2001)
- July 15 – Iris Murdoch, Irish novelist (d. 1999)
- July 26 – James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist (d. 2022)
- September 4 – Gualtiero Jacopetti, Italian director (d. 2011)
- October 5 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
- October 11 – Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
- October 22 – Doris Lessing, British writer (d. 2013)
- December 6 – Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983)
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Deaths
- August 9 – Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, naturalist and philosopher (b. 1834)
- September 2 – Jean-Pierre Brisset, French writer (b. 1837)
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