Today in History for December 1914
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 27 of 27
2nd - Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
3rd - Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
4th - Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
5th - 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
5th - The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
6th - German troops over run Lodz
8th - British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island
8th - Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
8th - Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in NYC
10th - French government returns to Paris
11th - Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
12th - The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%.
14th - Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
15th - Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow
15th - British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea
15th - Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
16th - French offensive in Artois (Pétain)
16th - World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
17th - Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
17th - Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
17th - Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
21st - "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts
21st - 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand & Charles Chaplin)
23rd - World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
24th - German plane drops bombs on Dover England
25th - Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)
31st - Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 40 of 40
1st - Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32)
1st - Johnny Johnston, St Louis Mo, singer (Make that Spare)
2nd - Eddie Sauter, Bkln, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
2nd - Ray Walston, Laurel MS, actor (My Favorite Martian)
3rd - Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)
4th - Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
4th - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
5th - Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989)
6th - Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)
7th - Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)
9th - Frances Reid, American actress
10th - Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)
12th - Denis Begbie, cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)
13th - Alan L Bullock, British historian
13th - George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
13th - Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story)
14th - Dan Dailey, NYC, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ)
14th - Karl Carstens, German (CDU)/pres Germany (1979-84)
14th - Rosalyn Tureck, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock)
14th - Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943)
15th - Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)
17th - Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)
18th - Jerry Zipkin, socialite
21st - Ivan Generalić, Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian painter (d. 1992)
23rd - Dezider Kardos, composer
24th - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go)
24th - Guus Verstraete Sr, [August de Graef], Dutch actor/dir (Black Magic)
25th - Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each)
25th - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (d. 2007)
26th - Richard Widmark, Sunrise Mich, actor (Madigan, Judgement at Nuremberg)
26th - Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
27th - Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
27th - Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter
28th - Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street)
28th - Lee Bowman, Cincinnati Ohio, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover)
29th - Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
29th - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
30th - Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)
30th - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
31st - Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
6th - Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47
8th - Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)
12th - Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La
14th - Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73
16th - Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82
19th - Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87
21st - A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
24th - John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)
27th - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
