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Months in 1914: January February March April May June July August September October December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 31 of 31

1st - Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank & Chief Colby
1st - German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile
1st - Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity
1st - Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front
2nd - Great Britain annexes Cyprus
2nd - Russia declares war on Turkey
2nd - V Herbert & H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in NYC
2nd - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
4th - Russia declares Turkey the war
4th - Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete," NYC)
5th - Britain annexes Cyprus
5th - Great Britain & France & Russia declares war on Turkey
7th - Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
7th - The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
7th - The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
12th - Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
14th - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
15th - Ital socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia
16th - Federal Reserve System formally opens
16th - Pope Benedict XV calls for peace
17th - US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
20th - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
21st - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
21st - British army conquerors Bazra
22nd - Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing
23rd - The US Army retreats from Mexico.
24th - Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
24th - Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
26th - Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
27th - 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
28th - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 39 of 39

1st - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger
2nd - Ray Walston, New Orleans LA, actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)
2nd - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
3rd - Hallgrimur Helgason, composer
5th - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73)
5th - Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
6th - Jonathan Harris, actor (Dr Zachary Smith-Lost in Space)
7th - R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead)
8th - Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter
8th - Norman Lloyd, Jersey City NJ, actor (Auschlander-St Elsewhere)
9th - Colin Gray, airman
11th - Daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP)
11th - Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk], singer (Sing of the Cross)
11th - Howard Fast, NYC, screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus)
11th - Perry Bass, Texas billionaire
11th - Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001)
12th - Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
12th - Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936)
12th - Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1952)
14th - Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
14th - Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
14th - Ken Carson, Coalgate Okla, singer (Garry Moore Show)
15th - Gheorghe Dumitrescu, composer
15th - Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka)
17th - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tenn, comedian (Hee Haw)
20th - Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
22nd - Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
23rd - [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, US, sci-fi author (Time Masters)
23rd - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
23rd - Michael Gough, English actor
24th - Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress (Jane Eyre)
25th - "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak)
25th - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist (Mississippi)
25th - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
25th - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
27th - Evangeline Bruce, hostess
29th - Edith Tilton Penrose, economist
29th - Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France
30th - Brownie McGhee, Knoxville TN, blues guitarist

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
3rd - Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
4th - Georg Trakl, writer, dies at 27
6th - Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
14th - Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
14th - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
23rd - Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
24th - Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
25th - Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79