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Events on the year of 1914 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
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01 Jan 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
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02 Jan 1914 Philips installs research department in Eindhoven
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05 Jan 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40 / 9-hr day to $5.00 / 8-hr day
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05 Jan 1914 The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a "living wage" of at least $5 for a day's labor.
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06 Jan 1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
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07 Jan 1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
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09 Jan 1914 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
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10 Jan 1914 Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo
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10 Jan 1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under SF van Oss, published
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13 Jan 1914 IWW-leader / songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
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14 Jan 1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
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16 Jan 1914 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
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17 Jan 1914 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin
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22 Jan 1914 Paul Claudel's "L'
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24 Jan 1914 Opera "Madeleine, " premieres in New York City
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24 Jan 1914 The opera "Madeleine" is produced (New York City NY)
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26 Jan 1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
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26 Jan 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
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28 Jan 1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City NY)
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28 Jan 1914 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated
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01 Feb 1914 New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
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01 Feb 1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
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01 Feb 1914 Tanganyika Railway opens
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02 Feb 1914 Charlie Chaplin's first film appearance, Making a Living premieres.
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04 Feb 1914 US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
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06 Feb 1914 The Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden
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07 Feb 1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
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07 Feb 1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco
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08 Feb 1914 General Zamon becomes President of Haiti
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12 Feb 1914 In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
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13 Feb 1914 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City
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13 Feb 1914 Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
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14 Feb 1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
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16 Feb 1914 1st airplane flight from to Los Angeles from San Francisco
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19 Feb 1914 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin
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21 Feb 1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
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24 Feb 1914 Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks" premieres in New York NY
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26 Feb 1914 HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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26 Feb 1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
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28 Feb 1914 The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
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28 Feb 1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)
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01 Mar 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named Director of British Petroleum
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01 Mar 1914 The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
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07 Mar 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
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07 Mar 1914 Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
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08 Mar 1914 First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
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09 Mar 1914 Henry Colijn appointed as Director of Bataafsche Petroleum Company
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09 Mar 1914 US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
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10 Mar 1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
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14 Mar 1914 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
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18 Mar 1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China
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19 Mar 1914 Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game
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20 Mar 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
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21 Mar 1914 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld
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21 Mar 1914 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott
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22 Mar 1914 World's 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
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25 Mar 1914 Aris is founded in Thessaloniki.
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27 Mar 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
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01 Apr 1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
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04 Apr 1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in LA
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08 Apr 1914 US and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
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09 Apr 1914 "World, the Flesh & the Devil, " 1st color film, shown in London
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09 Apr 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London)
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09 Apr 1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
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09 Apr 1914 Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
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11 Apr 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", premieres
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13 Apr 1914 1st Federal League Game Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
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14 Apr 1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
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20 Apr 1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colorado
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20 Apr 1914 Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
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20 Apr 1914 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2
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21 Apr 1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
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21 Apr 1914 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
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21 Apr 1914 US marines occupy Vera Cruz M
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22 Apr 1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
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22 Apr 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
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22 Apr 1914 M
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23 Apr 1914 First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park in Chicago.
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24 Apr 1914 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
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27 Apr 1914 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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28 Apr 1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia
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28 Apr 1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner
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06 May 1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
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09 May 1914 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
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14 May 1914 Chicago's Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0
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15 May 1914 Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire, " premieres in Paris
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16 May 1914 The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2–1.
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16 May 1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
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16 May 1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens
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17 May 1914 The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
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21 May 1914 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
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21 May 1914 Greyhound Bus Company begins in Minnesota
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25 May 1914 The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
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25 May 1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
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29 May 1914 The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
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29 May 1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
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30 May 1914 The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
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31 May 1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1
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02 Jun 1914 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
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06 Jun 1914 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
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09 Jun 1914 Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
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13 Jun 1914 28th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61)
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19 Jun 1914 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club
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20 Jun 1914 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20
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23 Jun 1914 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
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24 Jun 1914 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent
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24 Jun 1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena
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27 Jun 1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
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27 Jun 1914 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
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28 Jun 1914 Austria invades Siberia (WWI)
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28 Jun 1914 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
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28 Jun 1914 Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1
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29 Jun 1914 Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
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29 Jun 1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani
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30 Jun 1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa
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04 Jul 1914 1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)
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04 Jul 1914 The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
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05 Jul 1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
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05 Jul 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
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09 Jul 1914 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York
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10 Jul 1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles
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11 Jul 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3
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11 Jul 1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
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11 Jul 1914 USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched.
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12 Jul 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
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14 Jul 1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard)
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14 Jul 1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
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14 Jul 1914 Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor
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15 Jul 1914 Mexican President Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe
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16 Jul 1914 Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg)
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17 Jul 1914 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1
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17 Jul 1914 NY Giants beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings
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18 Jul 1914 The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
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18 Jul 1914 US army air service 1st comes into being, in the Signal Corps
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19 Jul 1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in the NL
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20 Jul 1914 Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
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21 Jul 1914 The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I.
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23 Jul 1914 Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
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23 Jul 1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I
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25 Jul 1914 Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant"
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26 Jul 1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
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26 Jul 1914 British Minister of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
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26 Jul 1914 German Chief of Staff / General von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
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26 Jul 1914 Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
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27 Jul 1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
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28 Jul 1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow
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28 Jul 1914 World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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28 Jul 1914 Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia-WW I begins
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28 Jul 1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
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29 Jul 1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC and San Francisco
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29 Jul 1914 Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade
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29 Jul 1914 British fleet leaves Portland / passes Straits of Dover
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29 Jul 1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary
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29 Jul 1914 The Cape Cod Canal opened.
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30 Jul 1914 Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization
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30 Jul 1914 French troops withdraw 10 km from German border
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30 Jul 1914 John French appointed British Supreme Commander
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31 Jul 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize
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31 Jul 1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo
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01 Aug 1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
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01 Aug 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WWI)
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01 Aug 1914 France and Germany mobilize
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01 Aug 1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WWI
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01 Aug 1914 The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
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02 Aug 1914 Belgian government receives German ultimatum
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02 Aug 1914 German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg
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02 Aug 1914 German troops overthrows Luxembourg
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02 Aug 1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty
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02 Aug 1914 Great Britain mobilizes
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02 Aug 1914 Postdam Conference ended
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02 Aug 1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia
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02 Aug 1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place
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03 Aug 1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
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03 Aug 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
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03 Aug 1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa
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03 Aug 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
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03 Aug 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WWI
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03 Aug 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany
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03 Aug 1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany
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03 Aug 1914 World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through Churches forms
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03 Aug 1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
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03 Aug 1914 World War I: Germany declares war against France.
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04 Aug 1914 German army shoots Belgian priests / burns down village of Battice
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04 Aug 1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast
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04 Aug 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
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04 Aug 1914 King Albert I becomes Supreme Commander of Belgian army
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04 Aug 1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War
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04 Aug 1914 US declares neutrality in WWI
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04 Aug 1914 World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
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05 Aug 1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)
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05 Aug 1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WWI
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05 Aug 1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money
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05 Aug 1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
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05 Aug 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I
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05 Aug 1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
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05 Aug 1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
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05 Aug 1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
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05 Aug 1914 World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
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05 Aug 1914 World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
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05 Aug 1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
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06 Aug 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia
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06 Aug 1914 French cavalry enter Belgium
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06 Aug 1914 German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed
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06 Aug 1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
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06 Aug 1914 World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
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06 Aug 1914 World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
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07 Aug 1914 British Gloucester vs. German Breslau / Goeben off Greece
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07 Aug 1914 French government awards King Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
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07 Aug 1914 French troops under General Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas
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07 Aug 1914 German army occupies city of Liege Belgium
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07 Aug 1914 Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you, " poster spreads over UK
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08 Aug 1914 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"
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08 Aug 1914 French troops under General Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
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08 Aug 1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany
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09 Aug 1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
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09 Aug 1914 Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
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10 Aug 1914 At Luik, German 12" / 16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary
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10 Aug 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen / Turkey joins Germany
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10 Aug 1914 German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
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11 Aug 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary
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11 Aug 1914 John Wray patents animation
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11 Aug 1914 Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
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11 Aug 1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
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12 Aug 1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
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12 Aug 1914 German 16.5" / 12" guns fires on forts round Luik
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12 Aug 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
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12 Aug 1914 Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa
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12 Aug 1914 World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
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12 Aug 1914 World War I: The Battle of Haelen a.k.a. (Battle of the Silver Helmets) a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
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13 Aug 1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
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13 Aug 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WWI
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14 Aug 1914 British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France
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14 Aug 1914 World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
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15 Aug 1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
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15 Aug 1914 Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
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15 Aug 1914 German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
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15 Aug 1914 Japan joins side of allies
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15 Aug 1914 A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
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15 Aug 1914 The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
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15 Aug 1914 World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
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15 Aug 1914 World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
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15 Aug 1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost)
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16 Aug 1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught
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16 Aug 1914 Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico
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17 Aug 1914 Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
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18 Aug 1914 French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
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18 Aug 1914 President Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"
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18 Aug 1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality
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19 Aug 1914 German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad
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19 Aug 1914 German fleet bombs English coast
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19 Aug 1914 Harris Theater (Candler, Coan & Harris) opens at 226 W 42nd St, New York City
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20 Aug 1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans
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20 Aug 1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s
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20 Aug 1914 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France
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20 Aug 1914 German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp
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20 Aug 1914 German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I
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21 Aug 1914 20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian Country Club - Illinois
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21 Aug 1914 Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
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21 Aug 1914 French offensive in the Ardennen / Sambre
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22 Aug 1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
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22 Aug 1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton
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22 Aug 1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
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22 Aug 1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia
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23 Aug 1914 Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten
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23 Aug 1914 Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium
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23 Aug 1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I
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24 Aug 1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian / British troops
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24 Aug 1914 German troops occupy Namur Belgium
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24 Aug 1914 Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City
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25 Aug 1914 Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
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25 Aug 1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
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25 Aug 1914 German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
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26 Aug 1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army
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26 Aug 1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
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27 Aug 1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
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27 Aug 1914 US war reporter Richard H Davis visits Leuven
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28 Aug 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German / Russian battles
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28 Aug 1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
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28 Aug 1914 John French evacuate Amiens
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28 Aug 1914 World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
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28 Aug 1914 World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
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29 Aug 1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught
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29 Aug 1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac
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29 Aug 1914 Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
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29 Aug 1914 Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
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30 Aug 1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
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30 Aug 1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army
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30 Aug 1914 World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
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31 Aug 1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record)
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31 Aug 1914 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris
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31 Aug 1914 German troops reconquer Soldau / Neidenburg East-Prussia
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31 Aug 1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg / 30,000 Russians die)
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01 Sep 1914 34th US Mens Tennis: R Norris W III beats M E McLoughlin (63 86 10-8)
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01 Sep 1914 Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris
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01 Sep 1914 Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army
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01 Sep 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
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01 Sep 1914 The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
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03 Sep 1914 British expeditionary army / general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
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03 Sep 1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
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03 Sep 1914 French troops vacate Reims
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03 Sep 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
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03 Sep 1914 William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
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03 Sep 1914 French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
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03 Sep 1914 World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
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04 Sep 1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
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04 Sep 1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
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05 Sep 1914 Battle of Marne (WWI) begins: Germans chase out Russians
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05 Sep 1914 French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
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05 Sep 1914 Gr Britain / France / Belgium / Russia sign pact of London
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05 Sep 1914 Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins
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05 Sep 1914 World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
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06 Sep 1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris
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07 Sep 1914 New York Post Office Building opens to public
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08 Sep 1914 British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
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08 Sep 1914 World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
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09 Sep 1914 Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)
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09 Sep 1914 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0
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09 Sep 1914 World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
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11 Sep 1914 T Handy publishes "St. Louis Blues"
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11 Sep 1914 Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
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12 Sep 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
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13 Sep 1914 World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
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13 Sep 1914 World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
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14 Sep 1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn
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14 Sep 1914 German troops withdraw from Aisne / invent trenches
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15 Sep 1914 US Marines march out of Vera Cruz, Mexico
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15 Sep 1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans & French during WW I
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17 Sep 1914 Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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17 Sep 1914 World War I:The Race to the Sea begins.
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18 Sep 1914 Gen von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front
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18 Sep 1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
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18 Sep 1914 The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
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18 Sep 1914 World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
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18 Sep 1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
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19 Sep 1914 Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits KC (Federal League), 6-2
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22 Sep 1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
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22 Sep 1914 German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men.
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23 Sep 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
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24 Sep 1914 World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
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26 Sep 1914 Germans arrest A Max, Mayor of Brussels
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26 Sep 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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26 Sep 1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
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27 Sep 1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
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28 Sep 1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
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29 Sep 1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
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04 Oct 1914 Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts
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05 Oct 1914 World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
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09 Oct 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
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09 Oct 1914 World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
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10 Oct 1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
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11 Oct 1914 German troops occupy Gent
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12 Oct 1914 1st battle at Ypres, begins
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13 Oct 1914 Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre
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13 Oct 1914 Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia Athletics, 1st sweep in World Series history
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13 Oct 1914 Garrett Morgan invents and patents gas mask
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13 Oct 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa
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13 Oct 1914 In Major League Baseball's World Series, the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 0, at Fenway Park in Boston, completing the first World Series sweep in history.
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13 Oct 1914 Boston Braves sweep Phila A's, 1st sweep in World Series history (World Series #11)
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14 Oct 1914 German troops occupy Brug
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15 Oct 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
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15 Oct 1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends October 21)
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15 Oct 1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union & strike rights)
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15 Oct 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act passed
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18 Oct 1914 The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
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19 Oct 1914 US post office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail
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19 Oct 1914 The First Battle of Ypres begins.
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21 Oct 1914 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
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27 Oct 1914 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
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27 Oct 1914 The British lose their first battleship of World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.The loss was kept an official secret in Britain until November 14 1918. The sinking was witnessed and photographed by passengers on RMS Olympic sister ship of RMS Titanic.
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28 Oct 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
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28 Oct 1914 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
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29 Oct 1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea
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30 Oct 1914 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins
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31 Oct 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
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01 Nov 1914 Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby
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01 Nov 1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile
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01 Nov 1914 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front
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01 Nov 1914 World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
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01 Nov 1914 World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
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02 Nov 1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
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02 Nov 1914 V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl, " premieres in New York City
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02 Nov 1914 World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
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04 Nov 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war
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04 Nov 1914 Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete, " NYC)
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05 Nov 1914 Britain annexes Cyprus
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05 Nov 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey
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05 Nov 1914 World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
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07 Nov 1914 Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
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12 Nov 1914 Turks Sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
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14 Nov 1914 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
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16 Nov 1914 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace
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16 Nov 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens
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17 Nov 1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
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20 Nov 1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
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21 Nov 1914 British army conquerors Bazra
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21 Nov 1914 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
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22 Nov 1914 Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing
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24 Nov 1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
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26 Nov 1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
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27 Nov 1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
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28 Nov 1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
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02 Dec 1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
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04 Dec 1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
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05 Dec 1914 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2
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08 Dec 1914 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Islands
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08 Dec 1914 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
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08 Dec 1914 World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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10 Dec 1914 French government returns to Paris
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11 Dec 1914 Stockton Street Tunnel (San Francisco) completed
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14 Dec 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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15 Dec 1914 World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
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15 Dec 1914 A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
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15 Dec 1914 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded by Hiram Percy Maxim
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15 Dec 1914 Battle of L
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15 Dec 1914 British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea
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15 Dec 1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
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16 Dec 1914 World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
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16 Dec 1914 French offensive in Artois (P
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17 Dec 1914 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
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17 Dec 1914 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
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17 Dec 1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
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21 Dec 1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released (starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand & Charles Chaplin)
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23 Dec 1914 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
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24 Dec 1914 World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
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24 Dec 1914 German plane drops bombs on Dover England
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25 Dec 1914 Legendary / unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)
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25 Dec 1914 A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
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31 Dec 1914 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000
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