Page 5: Historical Events In 1914

Mar 22   World's inaugural airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins.   

Mar 23   Robert Gross, composer.   

Mar 23   Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62   

Mar 24   Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian).   

Mar 25   Frederic Mistral, French poet (Nobel-1904), dies.   

Mar 25   Marthe Robert, essayist/translator   

Mar 26   Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral.   

Mar 27   1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)   

Mar 27   Budd Schulberg, NYC, novelist (On the Waterfront).   

Mar 27   inaugural successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)   

Mar 27   The inaugural successful blood transfusion is performed.   

Mar 28   Bohumil Hrabal, writer.   

Mar 28   Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55   

Mar 29   Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service).   

Mar 30   Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician (Down and Out Blues).   

Mar 31   Canada now has 3000 officers and men in the Permanent Force; 5615 officers and 68991 men in the militia.   

Mar 31   Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42   

Mar 31   Octavio Paz, mexican writer and poet is born   

Mar 31   Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)   

Mar 31   Seventy-eight hunters die, many crippled by frostbite, in a two day long storm when their sealing steamer, the Newfoundland, fails to pick them up due to mistaken orders.   

Apr 01   Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist.   

Apr 01   Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB   

Apr 01   UVS Soccer team forms in Lead.   

Apr 02   Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai).   

Apr 02   Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen is born   

Apr 03   Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935)   

Apr 04   "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in LA   

Apr 04   "The Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles CA.   

Apr 04   "The Perils of Pauline" shown for inaugural time in LA   

Apr 04   Gustave Camus, Belgian painter   

Apr 04   Marguerite Duras, French writer is born   

Apr 05   Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist   

Apr 06   George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)   

Apr 07   Sydney Thompson, rock climber.   

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Jan 01   Noor inayat khan: Indian princess and soe agent   

Jan 03   Jean louvel: Flemish pianist/conductor/composer   

Jan 04   Jane wyman: St joseph mo, 1st mrs ron reagan, (magnificent obsession)   

Jan 04   Mohammed sahir: Shah (afghanistan)   

Jan 04   Herman franks: American baseball player   

Jan 05   George reeves: [george lescher bessolo], actor (superman)   

Jan 05   Nicolas de staël: French-russian painter    

Jan 06   Arnold richardson: Composer   

Jan 03   Stephane raoul pugno: Composer,   

Jan 04   Silas weir mitchell: Us physician/author (free quaker),   

Jan 11   Ambrose bierce: Writer,   

Jan 13   Bernardus h heldt: Dutch mp,    

Jan 20   Emil liebling: Composer,   

Jan 21   Theodor kittelsen: Norwegian artist (b. 1857)   

Jan 22   Frederik rung: Composer,    

Feb 06   J albert neuhuys: Dutch painter (hague school),