Editing 1919 (section)

===July===
{{main|July 1919}}
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Russian Civil War]]: [[Perm Operation (1918–19)]] begins on the Siberian Front: The 2nd and 3rd armies of Soviet Russia recapture the city of [[Perm, Russia|Perm]].<ref name="Prokhorov1973">{{cite book|author=Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_00NAQAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Macmillan|page=48}}</ref>
* [[July 2]] &ndash; The [[Syrian National Congress]] in [[Damascus]]: Arab nationalists announce independence.
* [[July 2]]–[[July 6|6]] &ndash; British [[airship]] [[R34 (airship)|R34]] makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible, and the first westbound flight, from [[RAF East Fortune]], Scotland, to [[Mineola, New York]].
* [[July 3]]
**[[Estonian War of Independence|Estonian]] and [[Latvian War of Independence|Latvian Wars of Independence]]: The pro-German ''[[Baltische Landeswehr]]'' signs a peace treaty with [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]]. The pro-German [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] [[Andrievs Niedra]] resigns, and Latvian forces take over Riga on [[July 8]].
** [[Russian Civil War]], Southern Front: General [[Anton Denikin]] of the White [[Volunteer Army]] proclaims Directive No. 08878 (the Moscow Directive), defining the operational and strategic target of the White Guard armies, to seize Moscow at this time controlled by the Bolsheviks, beginning the [[Advance on Moscow (1919)|Advance on Moscow]].
* [[July 5]]–[[July 20|20]] &ndash; [[Russian Civil War]], Eastern or Siberian Front, Ekaterinburg Operation: The Red Army captures the city of [[Ekaterinburg]] in the [[Ural Mountains]] from the White rule of Admiral [[Alexander Kolchak]].
* [[July 7]] &ndash; The [[United States Army]] sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the [[U.S. Highway System]] has not commenced.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; The [[eight-hour day]] and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
* [[July 19]] &ndash; The Foreign Ministry of the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]] is established, by decree of the chancellory for foreign affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.az/news/politics/53534.html|title=Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry official: result of overcoming obstacles by first Azerbaijani diplomats was international recognition in Versailles|work=Today.az|date=2009-07-03|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Wingfoot Air Express crash]]: The [[dirigible]] ''Wingfoot Air Express'' catches fire over downtown Chicago. Two passengers, one aircrewman and ten people on the ground are killed; however, two people [[parachute]] to the ground safely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/dirigible_crash.html|publisher=Chicago Public Library Archive|title=1919, July 21: Dirigible (Balloon) Crash|year=1996|access-date=2012-09-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213041636/http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/dirigible_crash.html|archive-date=2007-12-13}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Race Riot of 1919]] begins when a white man throws stones at a group of four black teens on a raft.
* [[July 28]] &ndash; The [[International Astronomical Union]] is founded in Paris, France.
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[British police strikes in 1918 and 1919|British police strikes]] in London and [[Liverpool]] for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers; over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.