Page 9: Historical Events In 1914

Jun 20   German warship Bismark launched   

Jun 20   In this year, 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke claims in 2:20.   

Jun 21   Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30.   

Jun 21   Jan Decadt, composer   

Jun 22   Lilo Hardel, writer   

Jun 24   G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena.   

Jun 24   King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent   

Jun 26   John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor   

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

Jun 27   Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title.   

Jun 27   US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia   

Jun 28   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   Austria invades Siberia (WW I).   

Jun 28   Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player   

Jun 28   Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated.   

Jun 29   G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani   

Jun 29   Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia   

Jun 29   Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli).   

Jun 30   Bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies   

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

Jun 30   Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.   

Jun 30   Mahatma Gandhi's inaugural arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa   

Jul 01   Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)   

Jul 01   Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, Vancouver Island.   

Jul 02   Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time and Winds)   

Jul 02   Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78.   

Jul 04   1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)   

Jul 04   Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer.   

Jul 04   The inaugural US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)   

Jul 05   Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series   

Jul 05   Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi.   

Jul 06   Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27.   

Jul 06   Jens Rohiner, composer   

Jul 07   Balt Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty.   

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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),