Szalom Asz (Sholem Asch)
Polish Red Cross was created in 1919.
Polish Football Association was created in 1919.
Polish Christian Democratic Party was created in 1919.
Peter Hooper - writer - was born in 1919.
Robert Lowry - writer - was born in 1919.
Herman Miller - writer - was born in 1919.
Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition ended in 1919.
Polish Military Organization of Upper Silesia was created in 1919.
Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia ended in 1919.
John Sutherland - Canadian writer - was born in 1919.
The writer was Shalom Asch, born Szulim Asz (שלום אש). To read more about Asch, see "Biography" on Answers.com, via the Related Link.
The word bagel first appeared in 1919, and comes from the Yiddish word beyal which means bracelet.