100 Years Ago Today

[Sailor Steve]

Monday, December 8, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

M Pichon’s Room, Quai d’Orsay, Paris, 10:30

Meeting of the Heads of Delegations of the Five Great Powers.


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[Jimbuna]

9th December 1919

A young man has an older man write a letter for him near the Egyptian bazaar in Constantinople.


Mail workers unload mail bags from an airplane at newly-opened Heller Field in Newark, New Jersey.


Ship Losses:

Ethie (Canada) She was on passage Battle Harbour, Labrador for Cow Head, Newfoundland with codfish and herring, was lost at Martin's Point, 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.

[Sailor Steve]

Tuesday, December 9, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

M Pichon’s Room, Quai d’Orsay, Paris, 10:30

Meeting of the Heads of Delegations of the Five Great Powers.


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[Jimbuna]

10th December 1919

Autochrome picture of French Senegalese soldiers standing to attention under an Armenian flag, in Cilicia, Turkey. Probably during the short-lived Armenian Autonomous Zone when the Allies were trying to set up a home for refugees and survivors of the Armenian Genocide.


Two Australian brothers, Captain Ross and Lieutenant Keith Smith, pilot a Vickers Vimy bomber from Great Britain to Australia in 28 days, winning a £10,000 prize.


Cartoon in Punch magazine on the U.S. Senate’s decision to not join the League of Nations.

[Sailor Steve]

Wednesday, December 10, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.

[Jimbuna]

11th December 1919

Ship Losses:

C. J. Hooper (United States) The tug was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.
Dreamland (United States) The ship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.
Gretchen (United States) The bugeye was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore.
Governor R. M. McLane (United States) The Maryland State Fishery Force vessel was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Lake Duvall (United States) The steamship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.
Major L'Enfant United States Army) The U.S. Army Quartermaster steamship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore with the loss of a crew member.
Nupolela (United States) The steamship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.
Wilhelm Jebsen (United States) The ship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.

[Sailor Steve]

Thursday, December 11, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.

[Jimbuna]

12th December 1919

Officers of an Estonian armored train in Tallinn, fighting in the Estonian War of Independence.


Armoured cars of anti-Bolshevik forces in Vladivostok.


Ship Losses:

Kerwood (United States) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Terschelling, Netherlands.

[Jimbuna]

13th December 1919

Bolshevik forces capture the city of Kharkiv from the Southern Front. Red Army soldiers in Kharkiv.


Orphanage for Belgian war orphans in Wisques, France.

[Sailor Steve]

Friday, December 12, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.


Saturday, December 13, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.

[Jimbuna]

14th December 1919

As more and more British soldiers are killed in Ireland the military start fortifying their barracks.


Einstein on today’s issue of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung.

[Sailor Steve]

Sunday, December 14, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.

[Jimbuna]

15th December 1919

Aftermath of War

M. Paderewski succeeded as Prime Minister by M. Skulski.

Captured German 210mm howitzers stored outside in the U.S.


A banquet for the Armenian Mission to the U.S in Boston. Armenia gained its independence in 1918

[Jimbuna]

16th December 1919

Red Army troops captured the Ukrainian capital of Kiev from Anti-Bolshevik forces.

Ammunition ships Pyro and Nitro being launched at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.


A cold spell hits Seattle, Washington, allowing for dog sledding as a viable transport.

[Sailor Steve]

Monday, December 15, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

There are no meetings today.