Timeline February 1919

Events in February 1919 6

• 1841 – 1919 Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) Died 17 February 1919, aged 77 Laurier served as prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911, the country's first French-Canadian to hold the office. He championed national unity between English and French Canada and remained leader of the Liberal Party until his death.
• 1867 – 1919 Kurt Eisner (1867-1919) Died 21 February 1919, aged 51 Eisner led the revolution that toppled the Bavarian monarchy in 1918 and became the first minister-president of the People's State of Bavaria. He was assassinated by a nationalist gunman in Munich while on his way to resign from office.
• 1919 Seattle General Strike First general strike in U.S. history Roughly 65,000 workers walked out in Seattle in support of striking shipyard workers, shutting down most of the city for five days. It was the first general strike in American history and fueled fears of Bolshevik-style revolution during the First Red Scare.
• 1919 Divorce from Mileva The Nobel money written into the settlement The divorce was granted in February 1919 on grounds of Einstein's admitted infidelity. He agreed to hand over any future Nobel Prize money to Mileva, three years before he won it. She used it to buy houses in Zurich.
• 1919 – 2006 Jack Palance (1919-2006) Died 10 November 2006, aged 87 Jack Palance, the American actor known for menacing villain roles and his Oscar-winning turn in "City Slickers," died of natural causes at his home in Pennsylvania. His decades-long career spanned westerns, dramas and comedies. He was known for performing one-armed push-ups on stage after winning his Academy Award.
• 1919 Grand Canyon National Park established U.S. Congress protects the Arizona landmark Congress designated the Grand Canyon as a U.S. national park, granting federal protection to the gorge carved by the Colorado River. It became one of the most visited natural landmarks in the United States.