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1919May, 23

Robert Bernstein (comics)

Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
Robert Bernstein (May 23, 1919 – December 19, 1988), sometimes credited as R. Berns, was an American comic book writer, playwright and concert impresario, notable as the founder of the Island Concert Hall recital series which ran for 15 years on Long Island.

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Events on 1919

  • 23Mar

    Italian Fascism

    In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • 4May

    Treaty of Versailles

    May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • 19May

    Turkish War of Independence

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
  • 29May

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
  • 4Jun

    19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.