1914 34593 225068586 2008-07-11T19:00:55Z Skoglund 609014 /* Undated */ {{year nav|1914}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1914''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the 13-day-slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 13-day span=Mon-Sun,Tue-Mon,Wed-Tue,Thu-Wed,Fr-Th,Sa-Fr,Sun-Sat --> {{C20YearTOC}} [[Image:AssemblyLine.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[January 5]]: [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[eight-hour workday|8-hour workday]].]] ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date --> * [[January 5]] - [[Ford Motor Company]] announces an [[eight-hour workday]] and a [[minimum wage]] of $5 for a day's labor. * [[January 9]] - [[Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.]] founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. * [[January 10]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Pancho Villa]]'s troops take [[Ojinaga]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] state of [[Chihuahua]]. * [[February 13]] - [[Copyright]]: In [[New York City]] the [[ASCAP]] (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. * [[February 26]] - [[HMHS Britannic]], sister to the [[RMS Titanic]], is launched at [[Harland & Wolff]], [[Belfast]]. ===March-April=== * [[March 1]] - The [[Republic of China]] joins the [[Universal Postal Union]]. * [[March 7]] - [[William, Prince of Albania|Prince William of Wied]] arrives in [[Albania]] to begin his reign. * [[March 10]] - [[Suffragette]] [[Mary Richardson]] damages [[Diego Velázquez|Velázquez]] painting ''Rokeby Venus'' in London's National Gallery with a meat chopper. * [[March 16]] - Wife of French minister [[Joseph Caillaux]] shoots [[Gaston Calmette]], the editor of ''[[Le Figaro]]'' because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage. (She is later acquitted.) * [[March 27]] - Belgian surgeon [[Albert Hustin]] makes the first successful non-direct [[blood transfusion]], using [[anticoagulant]]s. * [[March 29]] - [[Katherine Routledge]] and her husband arrive in [[Easter Island]] to make the first true study of it (departs August 1915) * [[April 9]] - The [[Tampico Affair]] results in the occupation of the [[Mexican]] port city of [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] for over six months. * [[April 11]] - [[Alpha Rho Chi]], a professional architecture [[Fraternal and service organizations|fraternity]], is founded in the Hotel Sherman in [[Chicago]]. * [[April 14]] - The city of [[Irving, Texas]] is incorporated. * [[April 20]] - [[Colorado coalfield Massacre]] or [[Ludlow Massacre]]. Colorado [[United States National Guard|National guard]] attacks 1200 tent colony of striking coal miners in Ludlow - 24 people dead. * [[April 21]] - 3000 US marines land in [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Vera Cruz]], [[Mexico]]. * The [[American Radio Relay League]] is founded. ===May-June=== * [[May 9]] - [[Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne)|J.T. Hearne]] becomes the first [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] to take 3000 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] wickets. * [[May 14]] - [[Woodrow Wilson]] signs [[Mother's Day]] proclamation. * [[May 25]] - The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] passes [[Home Rule Act 1914|Irish Home Rule]]. * [[May 29]] - The [[ocean liner]] [[RMS Empress of Ireland (1906)|RMS ''Empress of Ireland'']] sinks in [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]]; 1,012 lives lost. * [[June 1]] - [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s envoy [[Edward Mandell House]] meets with [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Kaiser Wilhelm II]]. * [[June 18]] - Constitutionals take [[San Luis Potosí]] - [[Venustiano Carranza]] demands [[Victoriano Huerta]]'s surrender * [[June 23]] - [[Kiel Canal]] reopened (having been deepened) by the [[Kaiser]]; Visit of the British Fleet under [[Sir G. Warrender]]: Kaiser inspects the Dreadnought {{HMS|King George V|1911|6}}. * [[June 28]] - Serb nationalist [[Gavrilo Princip]] assassinates Austrian [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] and his wife [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Duchess Sophie]] * [[June 29]] **[[Austria-Hungary]]: Secretary of the Legation at [[Belgrade]] sends despatch to [[Vienna]] suggesting Serbian complicity in the crime of Sarajevo. Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo and throughout Bosnia generally. **[[Chionya Gusyeva]] attempts and fails to assassinate [[Grigori Rasputin]] at his home town in [[Siberia]]. * [[June 30]] - Great Britain - Addresses in Parliament on the murdered Archduke: Lords Crewe & Lansdowne in House of Lords; Messrs. Asquith & Law in Commons. ===July=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 2]] - Announcement that the German [[Kaiser]] will not attend the Archduke's funeral. * [[July 4]] - [[Austria-Hungary]]: Funeral of the Archduke at Artstetten (50 miles west of [[Vienna]]). * [[July 5]] - Council at [[Potsdam]]. * [[July 6]] - The German Kaiser leaves [[Kiel]] for a cruise in Northern waters. * [[July 7]] - [[Austria-Hungary]]: Council of Ministers, including Ministers for Foreign Affairs and War, Chief of General Staff and Naval Commander-in-Chief; Council lasts from 11.30 a.m. to 6.15 p.m. * [[July 9]] ** The [[House of Lords]] completed the recasting of the Amendment Bill. ** [[Austria-Hungary]] - Emperor receives report of Austro-Hungarian investigation into the Sarajevo crime. The Times publishes account of Austro-Hungarian press campaign against the Serbians (who are described as "pestilent rats"). * [[July 10]] - Mr.Hartwig, Russian Minister to [[Serbia]], dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in [[Belgrade]]. * [[July 11]] - [[Major League Baseball|Baseball]] legend [[Babe Ruth]] makes his major league debut with the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] * [[July 12]] - Demonstrations in [[Ulster]] suggesting [[civil war]]. * [[July 13]] - Reports of a projected Serbian attack upon the Austro-Hungarian Legation at [[Belgrade]]. * [[July 14]] - Government of Ireland Amending Bill passed by House of Lords. * [[July 15]] **[[Victoriano Huerta]] resigns and leaves for [[Colón]]. **Count Tisza makes statement in Hungarian chamber relations with Serbia: " they must be cleared up." * [[July 18]] - The [[Signal Corps]] of the [[United States Army]] is formed, giving definite status to its air service for the first time. British Fleet at Spithead: reviewed by the King. * [[July 19]] - [[Austria-Hungary]] - Press scare concerning alleged "Greater Serbia" conspiracy. The King summons a Conference to discuss the Home Rule Problem. * [[July 27]] - [[Felix Manalo]] registers the [[Iglesia ni Cristo]] with the [[Philippines|Filipino]] government. * '''[[July 28]] - [[The Great War]] begins''': [[Austria-Hungary]] declares war on [[Serbia]]. ===August=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[August 1]] - [[Marcus Garvey]] in [[Jamaica]] founds [[Universal Negro Improvement Association]] (UNIA). * [[August 1]] - [[Germany]] declares war on [[Russia]], following Russia's military [[mobilization]] in support of Serbia. * [[August 2]] **German troops occupy [[Luxembourg]]. **Secret treaty between [[Turkey]] and [[Germany]] to secure Turkish neutrality. * [[August 3]] - Germany declares war on Russia's ally [[France]]. * [[August 4]] - German troops invade neutral [[Belgium]]. [[United Kingdom|Britain]] declares war on Germany. The [[United States]] declares neutrality. * [[August 5]] -[[August 16|16]] - The [[Battle of Liège]] * [[August 8]] - German colonial forces execute [[Martin-Paul Samba]] for [[high treason]]. * [[August 12]] - The [[Battle of Haelen]] * [[August 15]] **The [[Panama Canal]] is inaugurated with the passage of the steamship SS Ancon. **[[Venustiano Carranza]]'s troops under general [[Alvaro Obregon]] enter [[Mexico City]]. **[[Edward Elgar]]'s [[Sospiri]], a moving adagio for strings and harp, first performed in [[London]] * [[August 16]]-[[August 19|19]] - The [[Battle of Cer]], first Entente victory in [[World War I]] * [[August 17]]-[[September 2]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Battle of Tannenberg]]. * [[August 20]] - [[World War I]]: [[Germany|German]] forces occupy [[Brussels]]. [[Pope Pius X]] dies. * [[August 23]] - [[Japan]] declares war on Germany. * [[August 26]]-[[August 27|27]] - The [[Battle of Le Cateau]]. * [[August 28]] - The [[Battle of Heligoland Bight|Battle of Heligoland]] - British cruisers under admiral Beatty sink three German cruisers. [[Image:Benedictus XV.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Pope Benedict XV]], the new [[Pope]]]] * [[August 29]]-[[August 30|30]] - The [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)|Battle of St. Quentin]]. ===September=== *[[September 1]] - [[St. Petersburg, Russia]] changes its name to "Petrograd." **The last known [[passenger pigeon]] dies in the [[Cincinnati]] [[Zoo]]. *[[September 2]] - [[Moronvilliers]] occupied by the Germans. *[[September 3]] **[[Pope Benedict XV]] (Giacomo della Chiesa) succeeds [[Pope Pius X]] as the 258th [[pope]]. **[[William, Prince of Albania]] leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. *[[September 5]] **[[London Agreement (1914)|London Agreement]]: no member of [[Triple Entente]] ([[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[France]], or [[Russia]]) may seek a separate peace with [[Central Powers]]. **In [[World War I]], [[First Battle of the Marne]] begins: Northeast of [[Paris]], the [[France|French]] 6th Army under [[Michel-Joseph Maunoury|General Maunoury]] attacks [[Germany|German]] forces nearing Paris. Over 2 million fight (500,000 killed/wounded) in the [[Allies|Allied]] victory. *[[September 6]] - French and British counterattack at [[Marne]] ends German advance on [[Paris]]. *[[September 13]] - [[South Africa]]n troops open hostilities in [[German South-West Africa]] (today [[Namibia]]) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station. *[[September 13]]-[[September 28|28]] - The [[First Battle of the Aisne]]. *[[September 17]] - [[Andrew Fisher]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] for the third time. *[[September 26]] - The US [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) established by the [[Federal Trade Commission Act]]. *[[September 30]] - [[Flying Squadron]] established to promote [[temperance movement]]. ===October=== *[[October 7]] - Marriage of [[Rose Fitzgerald]] to [[Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr]] in Boston. *[[October 9]] - [[World War I]]: [[Siege of Antwerp]] - [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]] falls to [[Germany|German]] troops. *[[October 13]] - [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]] beat the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] 3-1, to win baseball's [[World Series]]. *[[October 28]] - World War I: [[Battle of Penang]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]]: [[Germany|German]] cruiser ''[[SMS Emden (1906)|Emden]]'' sinks [[Russia]]n cruiser and [[France|French]] destroyer before escaping. *[[October 29]] - World War I: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] warships shell [[Russia]]n [[Black Sea]] ports: Russia, France, and Britain declare war on [[November 1]]-5. ===November=== * [[November 1]] - World War I: [[Battle of Coronel]] fought - A [[Royal Navy]] squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir [[Christopher Cradock]] is met and defeated by the superior [[Germany|German]] forces led by Vice-Admiral [[Graf Maximilian von Spee]]. This is the first [[United Kingdom|British]] naval defeat of the war. * [[November 4]] - [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[France]] [[declaration of war|declare war]] on [[Turkey]]. * [[November 5]] - The [[United Kingdom]] annexes [[Cyprus]], and together with [[France]] declares war on the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[November 7]] - The [[Japan]]ese seize [[Jiaozhou Bay]] in China, the base of the [[German East Asia Squadron]]. * [[November 9]] - World War I: [[Battle of Cocos]]: [[Germany|German]] cruiser ''[[SMS Emden (1906)|Emden]]'' sunk by [[Australian]] cruiser ''[[HMAS Sydney (1912)|Sydney]]''. * [[November 16]] - A year after being created by passage of the [[Federal Reserve Act of 1913]], the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of the [[United States]] officially opens for business. * [[November 16]] - World War I: The [[Battle of Kolubara]] begins: [[Serbia]]n forces engaged by [[Austro-Hungarian]] forces. * [[November 23]] - US troops withdraw from [[Veracruz]]. [[Venustiano Carranza]]'s troops take over and Carranza makes the town his headquarters * [[November 24]] - [[Benito Mussolini]] is expelled from the [[Italian Socialist Party]]. * [[November 28]] - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] re-opens for [[bond (finance)|bond]] trading. ===December=== * [[December 5]] - The [[Toronto Argonauts]] win their first Grey Cup at [[Varsity Stadium]] * [[December 15]] - Gas explosion at [[Mitsubishi]] Hojyo coal mine, [[Kyūshū]], [[Japan]], 687 killed. This accident is the worst coal mine disaster in Japanese history. * [[December 19]] - The [[Battle of Kolubara]] ends, resulting in decisive [[Serbia]]n victory over [[Austria-Hungary]]. * [[December 24]] - World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the [[Christmas truce]]. ===Undated=== * [[Blaise Diagne]] of [[Senegal]] becomes the first black African representative in the French parliament. * The first everyday items made of [[stainless steel]] come into public circulation. * [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] returns to [[India]] from [[South Africa]] to spearhead the [[Indian independence movement]]. * The capital of [[Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region]] of [[China]] is moved from [[Guilin]] to [[Nanning]]. * Port of [[Orange, Texas]] dredged for the fabrication of vessels for the [[United States Navy]]. * The [[United States Power Squadrons]] formed. * Phi Sigma, a local undergraduate classical club, is founded by a group of students in the Department of Greek at the [[University of Chicago]]. *[[Norway]] gives the vote to most women. ===Ongoing=== * [[World War I]] (1914-[[1918]]). * [[Assyrian Genocide]] (1914-1922). * [[Mexican Revolution]]. * [[The Partition of Africa]] ended (1880-1914). ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Taishō]] 3}} ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Noor Inayat Khan]], World War II heroine (d. 1944) *[[January 4]] **[[Herman Franks]], baseball player **[[Jean-Pierre Vernant]], French historian and anthropologist (d. 2007) *[[January 5]] - [[George Reeves]], American actor (d. 1959) *[[January 6]] - [[Danny Thomas]], American singer, actor, and comedian (d. 1991) *[[January 12]] - [[Albrecht von Goertz]], German car designer (d. 2006) *[[January 13]] - [[Ted Willis]], British television dramatist and author (d. 1992) *[[January 14]] - [[Harold Russell]], Canadian actor (d. 2002) *[[January 15]] - [[Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton]], English historian (d. 2003) *[[January 17]] **[[William Stafford]], American poet and pacifist (d. 1993) **[[Anacleto Angelini]], Italian-born businessman (d. 2007) *[[January 18]] - [[Arno Schmidt]], German author (d. 1979) *[[January 26]] - Princess [[Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar]] (d. 2006) *[[January 30]] **[[John Ireland (actor)|John Ireland]], Canadian-born actor (d. 1992) **[[David Wayne]], American actor (d. 1995) *[[January 31]] - [[Jersey Joe Walcott]], American boxer (d. 1994) ===February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[February 1]] - [[George Nissen]], American gymnast and inventor *[[February 4]] **[[Alfred Andersch]], German writer (d. 1980) **[[Ida Lupino]], English actress, director, and writer (d. 1995) *[[February 5]] **[[Silvius Magnago]], Italian politician **[[William S. Burroughs]], American author (d. 1997) **[[Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]], British scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. 1998) *[[February 6]] - [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], American voice actor (d. 2005) *[[February 9]] - [[Ernest Tubb]], American singer (d. 1984) *[[February 11]] - [[Matt Dennis]], American singer (d. 2002) *[[February 12]] - [[Tex Beneke]], American musician (d. 2000) *[[February 15]] - [[Kevin McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy]], American actor *[[February 16]] - [[Jimmy Wakely]], American Country-Western singer and actor (d. 1982) *[[February 19]] - [[Jacques Dufilho]], French comedian and actor (d. 2005) *[[February 20]] - [[Peter Rogers]], British film producer *[[February 22]] - [[Renato Dulbecco]], Italian-born virologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[February 23]] - [[Theofiel Middelkamp]], Dutch cyclist (d. 2005) *[[February 24]] - [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (d. 1965) ===March=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[March 1]] - [[Ralph Ellison]], American writer (d. 1994) *[[March 2]] - [[Martin Ritt]], American director (d. 1990) *[[March 4]] **[[Ward Kimball]], American cartoonist (d. 2002) **[[Robert R. Wilson]], American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. 2000) *[[March 6]] - [[Kiril Kondrashin]], Russian conductor (d. 1981) *[[March 8]] - [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Russian physicist (d. 1987) *[[March 13]] - [[Edward O'Hare]], American pilot (d. 1943) *[[March 14]] **[[Bill Owen]], English actor (d. 1999) **[[Abdias do Nascimento]], Brazilian actor, artist and politician *[[March 17]] - [[Sammy Baugh]], American football player *[[March 19]] - [[Jay Berwanger]], American football player (d. 2002) *[[March 25]] - [[Norman Borlaug]], American agricultural scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] *[[March 26]] - [[William Westmoreland]], U.S. general (d. 2005) *[[March 27]] - [[Budd Schulberg]], American screenwriter *[[March 28]] - [[Edmund Muskie]], American politician (d. 1996) *[[March 30]] - [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], American musician (d. 1948) *[[March 31]] - [[Octavio Paz]], Mexican diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1998) ===April=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[April 2]] **[[Alec Guinness]], English actor (d. 2000) **[[Hans Wegner]], Danish furniture designer (d. 2007) *[[April 4]] **[[Marguerite Duras]], French author and director (d. 1996) **[[Richard Coogan]], American actor **[[Frances Langford]], American singer and actress (d. 2005) *[[April 8]] **[[Maria Felix]], Mexican actress (d. 2002) **[[Claire Martin (author)|Claire Martin]], Canadian author *[[April 9]] - [[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]], [[President of Laos]] *[[April 11]] - [[Robert Stanfield]], Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003) *[[April 12]] **[[Armen Alchian]], American author and economist **[[Adriaan Blaauw]], Dutch astronomer *[[April 13]] - [[Orhan Veli]], Turkish poet (d. 1950) *[[April 21]] - [[James Henry Quello]], American Federal Communications Commissioner *[[April 22]] **[[Jan de Hartog]], Dutch writer (d. 2002) **[[Baldev Raj Chopra]], Indian film director *[[April 25]] - [[Ross Lockridge, Jr.]], American writer (d. 1948) *[[April 26]] **[[Bernard Malamud]], American author (d. 1986) **[[Lilian Rolfe]], French-born World War II heroine (d. 1941) *[[April 28]] - [[Michel Mohrt]], French author and historian *[[April 30]] - [[Dorival Caymmi]], Brazilian songwriter ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 8]] - [[Romain Gary]], Russian-born writer and diplomat (d. 1980) *[[May 9]] - [[Hank Snow]], Canadian country musician (d. 1999) *[[May 12]] **[[Bertus Aafjes]], Dutch poet (d. 1993) **[[Howard K. Smith]], American journalist (d. 2002) *[[May 13]] **[[Joe Louis]], American boxer (d. 1981) **[[Phil Drabble]], British author and television personality (d. 2007) *[[May 14]] **[[Hideko Maehata]], Japanese swimmer (d. 1995) **[[Corneliu Coposu]], Romanian politician (d. 1995) *[[May 15]] - [[Leo Beranek]], American acoustic scientist *[[May 16]] - [[Edward T. Hall]], American anthropologist *[[May 18]] - [[Boris Christoff]], Bulgarian opera singer (d. 1993) *[[May 19]] **[[Go Seigen]], Japanese Go player **[[Max Perutz]], Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (d. 2002) **[[Alex Shibicky]], Canadian hockey player (d. 2005) *[[May 22]] **[[Vance Packard]], American author (d. 1996) **[[Sun Ra]], American musician (d. 1993) *[[May 24]] **[[Arthur A. Link]], American politician **[[George Tabori]], Hungarian writer and director (d. 2007) *[[May 26]] - [[Frankie Manning]], American choreographer and dancer *[[May 28]] - [[W. G. G. Duncan Smith]], British World War II pilot (d. 1996) ===June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[June 11]] - [[Trammell Crow]], American developer *[[June 13]] - [[Freddie Franklin]], British ballet dancer and choreographer *[[June 15]] **[[Yuri Andropov]], Soviet politician (d. 1984) **[[Lena Kennedy]], English author (d. 1986) **[[Saul Steinberg]], Romanian-born cartoonist (d. 1999) *[[June 18]] - [[E. G. Marshall]], American actor (d. 1998) *[[June 19]] - [[Alan Cranston]], U.S. Senator (d. 2000) *[[June 21]] - [[William Vickrey]], Canadian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1996) *[[June 24]] - [[Frances Oldham Kelsey]], American Food and Drug Administration reviewer *[[June 26]] - [[Doc Williams]], American musician *[[June 29]] - [[Rafael Kubelík]], Czech-born conductor (d. 1996) ===July=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] - [[Frederick Fennell]], American conductor (d. 2004) *[[July 6]] - [[Vincent J. McMahon]], professional wrestling promoter (d. 1988) *[[July 8]] **[[Sarah P. Harkness]], American architect **[[Jyoti Basu]], Indian politician *[[July 10]] **[[Charles Donnelly]], Irish poet (d. 1937) **[[Joe Shuster]], Canadian-born comic book author (d. 1992) *[[July 14]] - [[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]], American reporter and talk show host *[[July 15]] **[[Akhtar Hameed Khan]], pioneer of microcredit in developing countries (d. 1999) **[[Hammond Innes]], English author (d. 1998) *[[July 19]] **[[John Kenneth Macalister]], Canadian World War II hero (d. 1944) **[[Marius Russo]], baseball player (d. 2005) *[[July 20]] - [[Masa Niemi]], Finnish actor (d. 1960) *[[July 24]] - [[Ed Mirvish]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2007) *[[July 25]] - [[Lionel Van Deerlin]], American politician *[[July 29]] - [[Irwin Corey]], American actor and comic *[[July 30]] - [[Lord Killanin]], Irish president of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999) ===August=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[August 2]] - [[Beatrice Straight]], American actress (d. 2001) *[[August 9]] **[[Tove Jansson]], Finnish author (d. 2001) **[[Ferenc Fricsay]], Hungarian conductor (d. 1963) *[[August 10]] **[[Jeff Corey]], American actor (d. 2002) **[[Ken Annakin]], British film director *[[August 11]] - [[Hugh Martin]], American composer *[[August 15]] - [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer (d. 1996) *[[August 17]] **[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1988) **[[Gabrielle Weidner]], Belgian World War II heroine (d. 1945) *[[August 26]] - [[Julio Cortázar]], Argentine writer (d. 1984) *[[August 27]] - [[Heidi Kabel]], German actress ===September=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[September 5]] **[[Sor Isolina Ferré]], Puerto Rican Catholic nun (d. 2000) **[[Nicanor Parra]], Chilean poet *[[September 7]] - [[James Van Allen]], American physicist (d. 2006) *[[September 10]] - [[Robert Wise]], American film producer (d. 2005) *[[September 11]] **[[Sidney Hart]], British trade unionist and religious administrator (d. 2005) **[[Pavle Patriarch of Serbia]], Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church *[[September 12]] **[[Desmond Llewelyn]], Welsh actor (d. 1999) **[[Janusz Zurakowski]], Polish-born pilot (d. 2004) *[[September 13]] - [[Ralph Rapson]], American architect *[[September 14]] - [[Clayton Moore]], American actor (d. 1999) *[[September 15]] **[[Creighton Williams Abrams]], U.S. general (d. 1974) **[[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], Argentinian writer (d. 1999) *[[September 16]] - [[Allen Funt]], American television show host (d. 1999) *[[September 17]] - [[Thomas J. Bata]], Czech-born businessman *[[September 18]] - [[Jack Cardiff]], British cinematographer, director, and photographer *[[September 20]] - [[Ken Hechler]], American politician *[[September 21]] - [[Bob Lido]], American singer and musician (d. 2000) *[[September 23]] **[[Omar Ali Saifuddin III]], Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986) **[[Bethsabée de Rothschild]], English philanthropist and patron of dance (d. 1999) *[[September 26]] - [[Jack LaLanne]], American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert ===October=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[October 1]] - [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], American historian, writer, and [[Librarian of Congress]] (d. 2004) *[[October 2]] **[[Jack Parsons]], American rocket engineer (d. 1952) **[[Bernarr Rainbow]], historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d. 1998) *[[October 4]] - [[Jim Cairns]], Australian politician (d. 2003) *[[October 6]] - [[Thor Heyerdahl]], Norwegian explorer (d. 2002) *[[October 10]] - [[Tommy Fine]], baseball player (d. 2005) *[[October 14]] **[[Raymond Davis Jr.]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2006) **[[Dick Durrance]], American skier (d. 2004) *[[October 16]] - [[Zahir Shah]], [[King of Afghanistan]] (d. 2007) *[[October 17]] - [[Jerry Siegel]], American comic book author (d. 1996) *[[October 21]] - [[Martin Gardner]], American writer *[[October 25]] - [[John Berryman]], American poet (d. 1972) *[[October 27]] - [[Dylan Thomas]], Welsh poet and author (d. 1953) *[[October 28]] **[[Jonas Salk]], American medical scientist (d. 1995) **[[Richard Laurence Millington Synge]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1994) **[[Glenn Robert Davis]], U.S. Congressman (d. 1988) ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 1]] - [[Moshe Teitelbaum]], [[Hassidic]] [[rabbi]] (d. 2006) *[[November 2]] - [[Johnny Vander Meer]], baseball player (d. 1997) *[[November 5]] - [[Alton Tobey]], American artist (d. 2005) *[[November 6]] - [[Jonathan Harris]], American actor (d. 2002) *[[November 11]] - [[Howard Fast]], American novelist and television writer (d. 2003) *[[November 13]] - [[Alberto Lattuada]], Italian film director (d. 2005) *[[November 20]] - [[Charles Berlitz]], American author (d. 2003) *[[November 23]] **[[Michael Gough]], English actor **[[Roger Avon]], Durham actor (d. 1998) *[[November 25]] - [[Joe DiMaggio]], baseball player (d. 1999) ===December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[December 2]] - [[Ray Walston]], American actor (d. 2001) *[[December 10]] - [[Dorothy Lamour]], American actress (d. 1996) *[[December 12]] - [[Patrick O'Brian]], British writer (d. 2000) *[[December 14]] - [[Rosalyn Tureck]], American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003) *[[December 15]] - [[Anatole Abragam]], French physicist *[[December 19]] - [[Dietrich Hrabak]], German World War II flying ace (d. 1995) *[[December 24]] - [[Herbert Reinecker]], German writer (d. 2007) *[[December 26]] - [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (d. 2008) *[[December 29]] - [[Billy Tipton]], American musician (d. 1989) *[[December 30]] - [[Bert Parks]], American singer and actor (d. 1992) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 11]] - [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer and patron of the arts (b. 1842) *[[January 18]] - [[Georges Picquart]], French general and politician (b. 1854) *[[January 20]] - [[Federico Degetau]], Puerto Rican politician (b. 1862) *[[February 24]] - [[Joshua Chamberlain]], American Civil War general (b. 1828) *[[March 1]] - [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto]] (b. 1845) *[[March 6]] - [[George Washington Vanderbilt II]], American businessman (b. 1862) *[[March 12]] - [[George Westinghouse]], American entrepreneur (b. 1846) *[[March 15]] - [[Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha]], 39th master of [[Oveyssi]] [[Sufi]] order (b. 1849) *[[March 16]] - [[Charles Albert Gobat]], Swiss politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. 1843) *[[March 19]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. 1850) *[[March 25]] - [[Frédéric Mistral]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1830) *[[April 1]] - [[Rube Waddell]], baseball player (b. 1876) *[[April 2]] - [[Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse|Paul von Heyse]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1830) *[[April 7]] - [[Ayub Khan (Afghan commander)|Mohammad Ayyub Khan]], Emir of Herat, Emir of Kandahar, Afghan military leader (b. 1855) *[[April 19]] - [[Empress Shōken]], empress-consort of the [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji Emperor]] (b. 1849) *[[May 2]] - [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll]], husband of [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1845) *[[June 11]] - [[Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (b. 1848) *[[June 14]] - [[Adlai E. Stevenson I|Adlai E. Stevenson]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1835) *[[June 21]] - [[Bertha von Suttner]], Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. 1843) *[[June 28]] **[[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] (assassinated) (b. 1863) **[[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg]], wife of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] (assassinated) (b. 1868) ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] - [[Joseph Chamberlain]], British politician (b. 1836) *[[July 17]] - [[Luis Uribe]], Chilean naval hero (b. 1847) *[[July 31]] - [[Jean Jaurès]], French pacifist (assassinated) (b. 1859) *[[August 4]] - [[Hubertine Auclert]], French feminist (b. 1848) *[[August 6]] - [[Ellen Louise Wilson]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1860) *[[August 8]] - [[Martin-Paul Samba]], Cameroonian rebel leader *[[August 12]] - [[John Philip Holland]], Irish developer of the submarine (b. 1840) *[[August 20]] - [[Pope Pius X]] (b. 1835) *[[August 30]] - [[Aleksander Samsonov]], Russian general (b. 1859) *[[September 3]] - [[Albéric Magnard]], French composer (b. 1865) *[[September 8]] - [[Hans Leybold]], German nihilist poet (b. 1892) *[[September 26]] - [[August Macke]], German painter (b. 1887) *[[October 10]] - King [[Carol I of Romania]] (b. 1839) *[[November 3]] - [[Georg Trakl]], Austrian poet (b. 1887) *[[November 11]] - [[A. E. J. Collins]], British cricketer and soldier (b. 1885) *[[November 12]] - [[Augusto dos Anjos]], Brazilian poet (b. 1884) *[[November 14]] - [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar]], British field marshal (b. 1832) *[[November 21]] - [[Thaddeus C. Pound]], American businessman and politician (b. 1833) *[[December 24]] - [[John Muir]], American naturalist (b. 1838) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Max von Laue]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]]- [[Theodore William Richards]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Robert Bárány]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - not awarded ==Fictional== The following are references to year 1914 in fiction: * The [[2001]] animated film [[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]] takes place in October 1914. * According to [[The Simpsons]], Mr. Burns graduated from [[Yale]] in 1914. * The Last known CAS Build (1914) was created by Wayne. * The [[1997]] [[Science Fantasy]] film [[The Fifth Element]] opens in 1914 ==Other uses== * [[1914 (game)]] ==See also== * 20th century ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.coinpage.com/1914-pictures.html 1914 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1914| ]] [[af:1914]] [[am:1914 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1914]] [[an:1914]] [[frp:1914]] [[ast:1914]] [[gn:1914]] [[az:1914]] [[bn:১৯১৪]] [[map-bms:1914]] [[be:1914]] [[be-x-old:1914]] [[bh:१९१४]] [[bs:1914]] [[br:1914]] [[bg:1914]] [[ca:1914]] [[cv:1914]] [[cs:1914]] [[co:1914]] [[cy:1914]] [[da:1914]] [[de:1914]] [[et:1914]] [[el:1914]] [[es:1914]] [[eo:1914]] [[eu:1914]] [[fa:۱۹۱۴ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1914]] [[fr:1914]] [[fy:1914]] [[fur:1914]] [[ga:1914]] [[gv:1914]] [[gd:1914]] [[gl:1914]] [[gan:1914年]] [[ko:1914년]] [[hy:1914]] [[hi:1914]] [[hif:1914]] [[hr:1914.]] [[io:1914]] [[ilo:1914]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯১৪]] [[id:1914]] [[ia:1914]] [[os:1914]] [[is:1914]] [[it:1914]] [[he:1914]] [[jv:1914]] [[pam:1914]] [[kn:೧೯೧೪]] [[ka:1914]] [[csb:1914]] [[kk:1914]] [[kw:1914]] [[sw:1914]] [[ht:1914 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1914]] [[la:1914]] [[lb:1914]] [[lt:1914 m.]] [[lij:1914]] [[lmo:1914]] [[hu:1914]] [[mk:1914]] [[mi:1914]] [[mr:इ.स. १९१४]] [[ms:1914]] [[nah:1914]] [[nl:1914]] [[new:ई सं १९१४]] [[ja:1914年]] [[nap:1914]] [[no:1914]] [[nn:1914]] [[nrm:1914]] [[nov:1914]] [[oc:1914]] [[uz:1914]] [[pi:१९१४]] [[nds:1914]] [[pl:1914]] [[pt:1914]] [[ty:1914]] [[ksh:Joohr 1914]] [[ro:1914]] [[ru:1914 год]] [[se:1914]] [[sq:1914]] [[scn:1914]] [[simple:1914]] [[sk:1914]] [[sl:1914]] [[so:1914]] [[sr:1914]] [[sh:1914]] [[su:1914]] [[fi:1914]] [[sv:1914]] [[tl:1914]] [[ta:1914]] [[tt:1914]] [[te:1914]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2457]] [[vi:1914]] [[tg:1914]] [[tr:1914]] [[uk:1914]] [[vec:1914]] [[wa:1914]] [[vls:1914]] [[yo:1914]] [[zh-yue:1914年]] [[cbk-zam:1914]] [[bat-smg:1914]] [[zh:1914年]]