On this day Eamon de Valera, who was in the United States seeking support from the American people for the cause of Irish independence, visited a Chippewa reservation in Wisconsin and was made an honorary chief. He posted with the headdress he'd been given.
The final leg of the Air Derby was won by the same pilot that won the first leg, thereby taking the entire race.
Lt. Maynard, who was not a "parson", but who had been a seminarian before the war, was the complete victor.
Another life would be claimed in the race on this day, it should be noted, in an event that had a stunningly high casualty rate.
Riga Latvia was the subject of a photographer on this day in 1919. Just a few days it had been the scene of combat, including a British effort to expel German forces.
That effort had seen the use of naval artillery, although the center of the town appeared in good shape.
Crossing the river was another matter.
On this day the great Anita O'Day, one of the best female jazz singers of all time was born. O'Day, whose actual last name was Colton, was a musical force whose career started in 1934 and lasted until her death in 2006. A career that long would be remarkable in and of itself, but it was all the more so for O'Day who lived a jazz artists life and flirted with drugs and alcohol for years. In spite of that, she always presented as a fresh talent
Also born on this day was Pierre Trudeau, Canada's first French Canadian Prime Minister and father of the current, less substantial, PM. Trudeau was deservedly controversial and was a transformative Prime Minister, not necessarily in a uniformly good way.
The Gasoline Alley gang was debating alterations to vehicles in order to save gas.
While this might seem surprising, the cost of gasoline was actually higher, in practical terms, then than now.
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