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Old 08-11-19, 06:58 AM   #4043
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11th August 1919

The Weimar Republic ratifies the new constitution for Germany, replacing the Constitution of the German Empire.


Guy W.S. Castle, commander of the troopship USS Martha Washington who received the Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, dies of suicide.


Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist, and one of the richest people in history, has passed away.


50 people killed in Berlin when hungry mob riots attacks police and kills, eats their horses.


A Farman F.60 Goliath airliner flies eight passengers and a ton of supplies from Paris, France, via Casablanca, French Morocco, and Mogador, French Morocco, to Koufa, Senegal, flying more than 4,500 kilometers (2,795 miles).


The Felixstowe Fury, also known as the Porte Super-Baby, crashes in Plymouth Sound off Plymouth, England, on the eve of its planned flight to South Africa, killing one of its seven crew members.


Ship Losses:

Archangel (Russian Navy White Movement) Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The minesweeping tugboat was sunk by mines in the Dvina River. One British officer was killed.
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