Timeline June 1919

Events in June 1919 11

• 1842 – 1919 Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919) Died 30 June 1919, aged 76 John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, was a British physicist who co-discovered the element argon and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics. His research also explained why the sky is blue, through what is now known as Rayleigh scattering.
• 1919 Lawrence at the Paris Peace Conference Paris, France Lawrence attended as Faisal's adviser and interpreter, arguing for Arab independence against a settlement that had been decided in secret three years earlier. He failed.
• 1919 Marries Elsa A cousin on both sides of the family Einstein married Elsa Lowenthal in June 1919. She was his first cousin through her mother and second cousin through her father, and had known him since childhood. She managed his household, his visitors and his increasingly unmanageable fame.
• 1919 Nineteenth Amendment passed by Congress Women's suffrage amendment sent to the states The U.S. Senate joined the House in approving a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, sending it to the states for ratification. It was ratified in August 1920, enfranchising millions of American women.
• 1919 First nonstop transatlantic flight Alcock and Brown fly from Newfoundland to Ireland British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew a modified Vickers Vimy bomber nonstop from St. John's, Newfoundland, to a bog near Clifden, Ireland. The sixteen-hour flight won the Daily Mail prize and marked a milestone in aviation history.
• 1919 – 2001 Pauline Kael (1919-2001) Died 3 September 2001, aged 82 Kael was the film critic of The New Yorker for more than two decades, whose vivid, combative reviews made her among the most influential American critics of the century. She championed directors such as Altman and Scorsese and dismissed many acknowledged classics. Her collections included the pointedly titled I Lost It at the Movies.
• 1919 German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow Interned warships sunk to avoid Allied seizure Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the German High Seas Fleet interned at Scapa Flow to be scuttled, sinking most of its 74 ships rather than surrendering them to the Allies. The action denied the fleet's use in postwar treaty negotiations and remains one of the largest single losses of shipping in history.
• 1919 The German fleet is scuttled Scapa Flow, United Kingdom Rather than hand over the interned High Seas Fleet, its commander ordered 74 ships to open their seacocks. Most of the wrecks are still on the bottom.
• 1919 The Treaty of Versailles Versailles, France Signed five years to the day after Sarajevo, in the hall where the German Empire had been proclaimed in 1871. Germany lost 13 per cent of its territory, accepted sole guilt for the war and an unpayable reparations bill. Ferdinand Foch called it a twenty-year truce.
• 1919 Treaty of Versailles Post-WWI Settlement The peace treaty that imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany after World War I.
• 1919 – 1983 Slim Pickens (1919-1983) Died 8 December 1983, aged 64 Slim Pickens was an American character actor and former rodeo performer known for roles in films such as Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles. His deep drawl and comic timing made him a familiar presence in westerns and comedies. He worked steadily in film and television from the 1950s through the early 1980s.