The year was
1919
Here's everything we logged from 1919 — 1 worldwide and 1 from India.
Someone born this year is around 51 today.
Famous people born in 1919 Vikram, Edmund, Doris…
Notable figures who share this birth year.
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Vikram Sarabhai
Father of the Indian space program.
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Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008).
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Doris Lessing
British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013).
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J. D. Salinger
American author (1919–2010).
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Mohammad Reza I of Iran
Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013).
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Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987).
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Giulio Andreotti
Italian politician and statesman (1919–2013).
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Worldwide
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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty ending WWI imposed harsh terms on Germany, planting seeds for the next war.
India
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre
British troops fired on unarmed civilians at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Hundreds were killed. A turning point in Indian independence.
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