June 1919

Wednesday 04:

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

Saturday 07:

Sette Giugno: Riot in Malta; four people killed.

Saturday 14:

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.

Sunday 15:

John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

Friday 20:

150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Saturday 21:

Admiral Ludvig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed were the last casualties of the First World War.

Saturday 28:

The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I with Germany.