Editing 1919 (section)

===December===
{{main|December 1919}}
* [[December 1]]
** American-born [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], becomes the first woman to take her seat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]], having become the second to be elected on November 28.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sykes|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Sykes (author)|title=Nancy: the Life of Lady Astor|publisher=Academy Chicago Publishers|year=1984|isbn=978-0-89733-098-5}} The first elected was [[Constance Markievicz]] in [[1918]].</ref>
** XWA (modern-day [[CINW]]), in [[Montreal]], becomes the first public [[radio station]] in North America to go on the air.
* [[December 3]] &ndash; After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the [[Quebec Bridge]] opens to traffic.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The [[French Opera House]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] is destroyed by fire.
* [[December 5]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] Ministry of War releases [[Greeks]], [[Armenians]] and [[Jew]]s from [[Conscription|military service]].
* [[December 17]] &ndash; Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* [[December 18]]–[[December 31|31]] &ndash; [[Russian Civil War]], Southern Front:  The Red army [[Donbas Operation (1919)|captures]] the [[Donbas]] region  from the [[Volunteer Army]].
* [[December 21]] &ndash; The United States deports 249 people, including [[Emma Goldman]], to Russia on the [[USAT Buford|USAT ''Buford'']].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act]] 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom, removing legal disabilities on women entering the secular professions.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository for the Year 1921|page=213}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Cliftonhill]] Stadium in [[Coatbridge]], Scotland, opens as the home of [[Albion Rovers F.C.]] They lose the opening match 2–0 to [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]].
* [[December 26]] &ndash; American baseball player [[Babe Ruth]] is traded by the [[Boston Red Sox]] to the [[New York Yankees]] for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.