Timeline August 1919

Events in August 1919 10

• 1835 – 1919 Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) Died 11 August 1919, aged 83 Carnegie built the Carnegie Steel Company into the dominant force in the American steel industry before selling it in 1901 to devote himself to philanthropy. He gave away most of his fortune, funding thousands of public libraries and institutions worldwide.
• 1918 – 1919 German Revolution of 1918 End of the Monarchy Mass protests that replaced the imperial government with the democratic Weimar Republic.
• 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic established Bela Kun's communist government seizes power in Budapest Communist leader Bela Kun proclaimed a Soviet republic in Hungary after the collapse of the short-lived Hungarian Democratic Republic. The regime collapsed within months under military pressure from Romania, ending in August 1919.
• 1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War Afghanistan wins control of its foreign affairs Emir Amanullah Khan's forces fought British India in a brief border war after Afghanistan declared full independence from British influence. The resulting treaty recognized Afghanistan's right to conduct its own foreign policy for the first time.
• 1919 Lowell Thomas makes him famous London, United Kingdom An American journalist's illustrated travelogue, With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia, ran in London for months and was seen by around four million people. Lawrence attended repeatedly, in disguise, and hated what it did to his life.
• 1919 US Championships 1919 Men: Bill Johnston · Women: Hazel Wightman
• 1919 Weimar Constitution adopted Germany's new republic gets a democratic charter The National Assembly meeting in Weimar adopted a constitution establishing Germany as a federal parliamentary republic with Friedrich Ebert as president. The document combined proportional representation with sweeping presidential emergency powers that would later be exploited by opponents of democracy.
• 1919 Weimar Republic established Germany becomes a republic The Weimar Constitution established Germany as a democratic republic after World War I.
• 1919 – 1989 Malcolm Forbes (1919-1989) Died 24 February 1989, aged 69 Malcolm Forbes was the publisher of Forbes magazine, which he built into a leading business publication. He was known for his flamboyant lifestyle, including hot-air ballooning and motorcycle expeditions. His son Steve Forbes succeeded him as publisher.
• 1919 – 1990 Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) Died 24 February 1990, aged 70 Malcolm Forbes was an American publisher who built Forbes magazine into a leading business publication and became known for his flamboyant lifestyle. He was also an avid hot-air balloonist and motorcyclist. He died at his home in New Jersey on 24 February 1990.