Page 8: Historical Events In 1914
Wednesday, 01 July 2026
May 26 Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes) 


May 27 Hugh Le Caine, composer. 


May 27 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies. 


May 28 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76. 


May 28 W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot. 


May 29 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die 


May 30 Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) 


May 30 The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City. 


May 31 Akira Ifukube, composer. 


May 31 Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1 


Jun 02 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome. 


Jun 03 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist. 


Jun 04 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist 


Jun 05 Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist. 


Jun 06 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway) 


Jun 06 The inaugural air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway). 


Jun 06 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies 


Jun 07 The inaugural vessel passes through the locks at the Panama Canal 


Jun 08 34.7°F (1.5°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands. 


Jun 08 Joseph de Pietro, US, 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948). 


Jun 09 Barbara Mullen, Boston MA, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners). 


Jun 09 Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3000 hits 


Jun 10 Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist 


Jun 11 Gerald Mohr, NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue). 


Jun 12 Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist. 


Jun 13 28th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61). 


Jun 15 A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies. 


Jun 15 Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator 


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


Jun 17 John R Hersey, author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall) 


Jun 18 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50) 


Jun 19 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club 


Jun 19 Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- ) 


Jun 20 Friedrich Zipp, composer. 


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