Historical Events In 1914

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

Jul 05   On this day in history boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & win World Series  

Jul 05   On this day in history jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi  

Jul 06   On this day in history delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27  

Jul 06   On this day in history jens Rohiner, composer  

Jul 07   Balt Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore & Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty on this day in history.  

Jul 07   In the year 1914 cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite)  

Jul 08   Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1914 bill Tallon, cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie)  

Jul 09   The first US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY on this day in history.  

Jul 10   Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles in the year 1914.  

Jul 10   Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet) in the year 1914.  

Jul 11   In the year 1914 ahti Sonninen, composer  

Jul 11   In the year 1914 babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3  

Jul 11   On this day in history julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies  

Jul 12   Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox in the year 1914.  

Jul 12   In the year 1914 babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox  

Jul 14   1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard) on this day in history.  

Jul 14   Sidney George Gray, company secretary on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1914 the first patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard)  

Jul 15   On this day in history mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe  

Jul 16   Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg) in the year 1914.  

Jul 17   Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 in the year 1914.  

Jul 17   In the year 1914 lucille Benson, Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies)  

Jul 18   Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet) on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1914 uS army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps  

Jul 18   US army air service first comes into being, in the Signal Corps in the year 1914.  

Jul 19   On this day in history alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82  

Jul 19   Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL in the year 1914.  

Jul 19   Josef Palenicek, composer in the year 1914.  

Jul 20   Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster in the year 1914.  

Jul 20   In the year 1914 leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76  

Jul 20   In the year 1914 william John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man)  

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Jan 01   Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944) was born in the year 1914.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer  

Jan 04   In the year 1914 birth of jane Wyman, St Joseph Mo, 1st Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession)  

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

Jan 04   Herman Franks, American baseball player was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of arnold Richardson, composer  

Jan 03   Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 in the year 1914.  

Jan 11   In the year 1914 ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71  

Jan 13   Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21   On this day in history death of theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)  

Jan 22   Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1914.  

Feb 06   J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 in the year 1914.