* 1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.

* 1919 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician ( d. 1998 )

* 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader ( d. 1991 )

* 1864 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast ( d. 1919 )

* 1870 – Amado Nervo, Mexican poet ( d. 1919 )

* 1919 – Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2007 )

* 1871 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer ( d. 1919 )

* 1919 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager ( d. 2010 )

* 1919 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician ( d. 1987 )

* 1919 – Rex Humbard, American preacher and television host ( d. 2007 )

* 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist ( d. 2011 )

* 1919 – Nehemiah Persoff, American actor

* 1919 – The Staatliches Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar.

* 2001 – Olivia Barclay, British astrologer ( b. 1919 )

* 1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1919 )

* 2009 – Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek army officer ( b. 1919 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1879 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general ( d. 1919 )

Abdur Rahman could only succeed in subjugating Hazaras and conquering their land when he effectively utilized internal differences within the Hazara community, co-opting sold-out Hazara chiefs into his bureaucratic sales of the enslaved Hazara men, women and children in 1897, the Hazaras remained de facto slaves until King Amanullah Khan declared Afghanistan's independence in 1919.

He directed dozens of silent films, including Paramount Pictures ' first production, The Squaw Man ( 1914 ), which was co-directed by Oscar Apfel, before coming into huge popularity during the late 1910s and early 1920s, when he reached the apex of his popularity with such films as Don't Change Your Husband ( 1919 ), The Ten Commandments ( 1923 ), and The King of Kings ( 1927 ).

Holden founded a new company in 1919, Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd ( HMBB ) specialising in car bodies and utilising a facility on King William Street in Adelaide.

* September 1928 — A jirga at Paghman, called by King Amanullah, the third loya jirga of his reign ( 1919 – 1929 ) to discuss reforms.

* 1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician ( d. 1965 )

Levin argues that when King returned to politics in 1919, he was a rusty outsider with a weak base facing a nation bitterly split by language, regionalism and class.

When Laurier died in 1919, King was elected leader in the first Liberal leadership convention, defeating his four rivals on the fourth ballot.

On January 20, 1948, King called on the Liberal Party to hold its first national convention since 1919 to choose a leader.

The Age of Mackenzie King ( 1976 ), 396pp ; scholarly biography to 1919 ; excerpt and text search.

The band's 1919 appearance at the London Hippodrome was the first official jazz gig by any band in the United Kingdom and was followed by a command performance for King George V at Buckingham Palace.

His blood-heiress was his niece, Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este ( d. 1919 ); she and her husband, Prince Louis of Bavaria, later became Queen and King of Bavaria.

The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance for members of the armed forces who were killed during World War I.

The extras feature color production footage shot by Chaplin ’ s half-brother Sydney, deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin ’ s 1919 film Sunnyside, barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin ’ s 1921 film King, Queen, Joker, and The Tramp and the Dictator ( 2001 ), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft ’ s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others.

A number of his early major roles were in film serials, such as The Masked Rider ( 1919 ), in Chapter 2 of which he can be glimpsed onscreen for the first time, The Hope Diamond Mystery ( 1920 ) and King of the Wild ( 1930 ).

Following the First World War, the King made an official visit to Leicester in 1919 to commemorate its contributions to the military victory.

Other popular compositions included the jazz standard " Eccentric " (" That Eccentric Rag " from 1912 ), " Jazzola " ( 1919 ), " I Got a New Deal in Love ", " Swing, Mr. Charlie ", " Sapho Rag ", " Two Time Dan ", " Mary Jane " with Andy Razaf, " Beale Street Mama ", " I'll Be in My Dixie Home Again Tomorrow ", " Aggravatin ' Papa ", recorded in 1923 by Bessie Smith and Alberta Hunter with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Florence Mills, Pearl Bailey, and Sophie Tucker, " Palesteena ", the classic " Margie ", " Mary Lou ", " Singin ' the Blues ", " Meet Me in No Special Place ( And I'll Be There at No Particular Time )", recorded by Nat King Cole, and the title song for the movie Portrait of Jennie ( 1948 ).

By early 1919 the living male-line British descendants of Victoria subject to British rule were King George V, his five sons, his daughter Princess Mary, his unmarried sister Princess Victoria, his uncle Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, his cousin Prince Arthur of Connaught, his cousin once removed Prince Alastair of Connaught, and his unmarried cousin Princess Patricia of Connaught.

The summit was donated to the National Trust in 1919 by Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the Lake District " who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the Great War ".

A proof of his recognition by the English was by his friend George V, who invited him to be with the King during the victory celebrations during the parade of soldiers in 1919.

On January 19, 1919 a thousand soldiers and some artillery, under the command of Paiva Couceiro occupied Oporto, in order to restore the Constitutional Monarchy, and its King Manuel II.

He next wrote and drew The Outta Luck Club for King Features Syndicate ( 1919 – 23 ).

Joe " King " Krol ( February 20, 1919 – December 16, 2008 ) was a Canadian football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker / punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955.

* The British Mandate of Iraq High Commissioners – After Ottoman Iraq was conquered by British forces, the mandate territory had four incumbents, after a single civilian Administrator ( 10 January 1919 – 1 October 1920 Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson ), continuing ten years after the accession to the throne and most of the rule of the country's first Malik ( King, reigned 23 August 1921 – 8 September 1933 ) Faysal I ( b. 1885 – d. 1933 ):

Otto Messmer gave two different versions of how Felix got his name, the one on his official site ” Rejoining Sullivan with a great idea for a new character named Felix the Cat, and the second that ” Mr. ( John ) King of Paramount Magazine suggested the name " Felix ", after the Latin words felis ( cat ) and felix ( lucky ), which was used for the third film, The Adventures of Felix ( released on 14 December 1919 ).