Sep 29 American John D. Rockerfeller becomes the world's first billionaire

Jun 10 Great Arab Revolt begin

Jun 03 ROTC established by Act of Congress

Jun 24 The most lucrative movie contract to the time was signed by actress, Mary Pickford. She inked the first sevenfigure Hollywood deal.

Jun 29 Boeing aircraft flies for first time

Dec 13 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol

Dec 16 Gregory Rasputin, a monk with considerable influence over the Russian court, is murdered by noblemen.

Dec 09 Canadian Pacific inaugurates the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel which eliminated the old route over Rogers Pass and shortened the line through the Selkirk Mountains by 4 1/2 miles.

Dec 15 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun

Dec 07 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H.H. Asquith as British PM

Dec 18 The Battle of Verdun (France), one of the bloodiest WWI engagements, ends after 10 months and massive losses to both sides.

Dec 18 The birth of Betty Grable, American actress

Dec 30 In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered

Dec 09 The birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor

Aug 24 Official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas

Aug 29 Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown

Aug 03 Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt

Aug 28 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I

Aug 01 Hawaii National Park established

Aug 08 Battle for Mouquet Farm

Aug 04 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million

Aug 25 National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior

Aug 30 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany

Aug 26 Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France

Aug 25 The US National Park Service is established.

Oct 08 Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France

Oct 28 First conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated

Oct 03 The birth of James Herriot, Scottish vet and author

Oct 16 Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in Brooklyn

Oct 27 The first published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)

Oct 26 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)

Oct 04 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time

Oct 27 HMS Nubian, a tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Hit by a torpedo from a German destroyer which destroyed the fore part of the ship.

Jul 09 The first cargo submarine to cross the Atlantic arrives in US from Germany

Jul 30 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra

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