What lessons from 1919 are relevant for addressing contemporary global challenges like pandemics and international conflict?

Jun 12, 2020 ... The virus spread rapidly across the globe between the Spring of 1918 and the Summer of 1919, infecting at least 500 million people, one third of the world's ... Aug 15, 2019 ... Hazel Crance, of Ithaca, was 18 years old when she drowned in Cayuga Lake during the summer of 1919. Her body was never recovered. ... what happened in 1919–neither had an education higher than eighth grade. After finding information about the Elaine Massacre, I soon found that Elaine was ... Syrian nationalists rebelled against the French government beginning in December 1919. Syrian nationalists declared Syria's independence on March 8, 1920, and ... Dec 1, 2021 ... Ford Motor slashed its dividend in 1916 and minority stockholders—the Dodge brothers—successfully sued Ford Motor Company for a big dividend ... The last American combat units finally left France in September 1919, but it took another six months before all American soldiers on the Western Front returned ... Jun 10, 2024 ... In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in ... June · The Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I, five years to the day since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. · The ... After four years of devastating fighting, the First World War came to an end in 1919 in Versailles. The treaty, which represented “peace” for some and a ... Jul 30, 2019 ... This treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for WWI. Germany was forced to demilitarize, had to give up territory to France and ...