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  • Germany
    Feb, 1919
    Martin Bormann

    Finishing his Service

    Germany
    Feb, 1919

    He never saw action, but served garrison duty until February 1919.




  • Germany
    Thursday Feb 6, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Friedrich Ebert was elected President of the Weimar Republic

    Germany
    Thursday Feb 6, 1919

    On February 6, 1919, the National Assembly met in the town of Weimar and formed the Weimar Coalition. They also elected SDP leader Friedrich Ebert as President of the Weimar Republic.




  • Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
    Friday Feb 7, 1919
    Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge

    Birth

    Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
    Friday Feb 7, 1919

    Desmond Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, to William Thomas Doss (1893–1989), a carpenter, and Bertha Edward Doss (née Oliver) (1899–1983), a homemaker and shoe factory worker. He grew up in the Fairview Heights area of Lynchburg, Virginia, alongside his older sister Audrey and younger brother Harold.




  • Paris, France
    Wednesday Feb 19, 1919
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois traveled to Europe to attend the first Pan-African Congress

    Paris, France
    Wednesday Feb 19, 1919

    When the war ended, Du Bois traveled to Europe in 1919 to attend the first Pan-African Congress and to interview African-American soldiers for a planned book on their experiences in World War I.




  • Paris, France
    Friday Feb 28, 1919
    Hungarian–Romanian War

    The Paris Peace Conference

    Paris, France
    Friday Feb 28, 1919

    On 28 February 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, the council of the Allied nations notified Hungary of a new demarcation line to which the Romanian army would advance. This line coincided with railways connecting Szatmárnémeti, Nagyvárad, and Arad. However, the Romanian army was not to enter these cities.




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