16th September 1919
Aftermath of War
Sir Edmund Allenby arrives in England.
A Bolshevik train destroyed in an Allied attack in northern Russia.
A car wreck that occurred as the U.S. Army First Division was making its way to Washington D.C. for a Victory Parade.
The North Russia intervention, 1918-1920: A wounded officer of the East Surrey Regiment.
Adolf Hitler: Around this time, Hitler made his earliest known recorded statement about the Jews in a letter (now known as the Gemlich letter) dated 16 September 1919 to Adolf Gemlich about the Jewish question.
Ship Losses:
Belvedere (United States) Trapped in ice since 15 September in the Chukchi Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northeast of "Cape Jinretlen" – presumably a reference to Cape Dzhenretlen (67°06′48″N 173°39′00″W) – on the coast of Siberia, the 523-gross register ton steam whaling bark sank four hours after her three passengers and crew of 30 abandoned her the following morning. All on board survived.
HMS M25 (Royal Navy) Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The M15-class monitor ran aground in the Dvina River in Russia after the river level fell and was scuttled.
HMS M27 (Royal Navy) Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The M15-class monitor ran aground in the Dvina River in Russia after the river level fell and was scuttled.
USS R-6 (United States Navy) The R-class submarine was driven aground at New London, Connecticut. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.