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It estimates the most likely birth year from your current age by comparing that age with the current year.

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Major Historical Events

Paris Peace Conference begins The Allied powers meet to negotiate peace terms after WWI.

Treaty of Versailles signed The peace treaty officially ends WWI; Germany accepts blame and pays reparations.

Prohibition Amendment ratified The 18th Amendment banning alcohol is ratified in the US.

Alcock and Brown cross Atlantic First non-stop transatlantic flight is completed from Newfoundland to Ireland (14–15 June 1919).

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Pop Culture Highlights

Film

Broken Blossoms - D.W. Griffith

Film

Blind Husbands - Erich von Stroheim — directorial debut

Song

How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm - Walter Donaldson

Song

Swanee - George Gershwin

N/A - No television

N/A - Jazz Age beginning

Game

N/A - Mah-jong craze starting

Game

N/A - Baseball booming

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Cost of Living (1919)

Gallon of milk Approximate for 1919; based on 1915 data

$0.18

Loaf of bread Approximate for 1919; based on 1915 data

$0.07

Ford Model T Approximate for 1919; based on 1915 data

$440

Pound of butter Approximate for 1919; based on 1915 data

$0.34

Movie ticket Approximate for 1919; based on 1915 data

$0.10

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1919 Trivia

What was happening after WWI ended in 1919? expand_more

The Treaty of Versailles was signed, redrawing the world map. The League of Nations was founded. Prohibition began in the US.

Did people born in 1919 grow up during Prohibition? expand_more

Yes — they were babies when it started in 1920 and teenagers throughout the speakeasy era.

Were people born in 1919 the Greatest Generation? expand_more

Yes. They grew up through the Depression and served in WWII as young adults.

What was life like after the great war ended? expand_more

There was enormous optimism in the 1920s, but also economic inequality. The 1920s roared until the 1929 crash.

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Chinese Zodiac

Goat

Chinese zodiac for 1919

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Fun Fact

Goat years are commonly linked to empathy, aesthetics and emotional warmth.

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