Historical Events In 1914

Jun 16   Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948) in the year 1914.  

Jun 17   John R Hersey, author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall) on this day in history.  

Jun 18   Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50) on this day in history.  

Jun 19   54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club in the year 1914.  

Jun 19   Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- ) on this day in history.  

Jun 20   On this day in history 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20  

Jun 20   On this day in history friedrich Zipp, composer  

Jun 20   On this day in history german warship Bismark launched  

Jun 21   Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   Jan Decadt, composer in the year 1914.  

Jun 22   On this day in history lilo Hardel, writer  

Jun 24   In the year 1914 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena  

Jun 24   King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent in the year 1914.  

Jun 26   On this day in history john J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor  

Jun 27   Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major) in the year 1914.  

Jun 27   On this day in history jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title  

Jun 27   In the year 1914 uS signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia  

Jun 28   On this day in history 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  

Jun 28   On this day in history austria invades Siberia (WW I)  

Jun 28   Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player in the year 1914.  

Jun 28   Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated on this day in history.  

Jun 29   On this day in history g Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani  

Jun 29   Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia on this day in history.  

Jun 29   In the year 1914 rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)  

Jun 30   Bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 30   David Wayne, actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, 3 Faces of Eve) in the year 1914.  

Jun 30   On this day in history mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa  

Jun 30   In the year 1914 mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa  

Jul 01   Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936) in the year 1914.  

Jul 01   On this day in history esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, Vancouver Island  

Jul 02   Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) in the year 1914.  

Jul 02   Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 in the year 1914.  

Jul 04   1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer in the year 1914.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1914 birth of noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)  

Jan 03   In the year 1914 birth of jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer  

Jan 04   Jane Wyman, St Joseph Mo, 1st Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Herman Franks, American baseball player was born in the year 1914.  

Jan 05   In the year 1914 birth of george Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)  

Jan 05   Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955) was born in the year 1914.  

Jan 06   Arnold Richardson, composer was born in the year 1914.  

Jan 03   Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1914.  

Jan 04   In the year 1914 silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84  

Jan 11   On this day in history ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71  

Jan 13   In the year 1914 bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72  

Jan 20   Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1914.  

Jan 21   Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857) died in the year 1914.  

Jan 22   On this day in history frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60  

Feb 06   On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69