Historical Events In 1914

Jun 16   Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1914 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club  

Jun 19   Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- ) in the year 1914.  

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

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   On this day in history jan Decadt, composer  

Jun 22   Lilo Hardel, writer in the year 1914.  

Jun 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1914 john J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor  

Jun 27   In the year 1914 alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major)  

Jun 27   Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

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   Austria invades Siberia (WW I) on this day in history.  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1914 franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated  

Jun 29   In the year 1914 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani  

Jun 29   In the year 1914 jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.  

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

Jun 30   In the year 1914 bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies  

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   Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, Vancouver Island on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer  

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Jan 01   Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer was born in the year 1914.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1914 birth of mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of herman Franks, American baseball player  

Jan 05   George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman) was born in the year 1914.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)  

Jan 06   Arnold Richardson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1914 stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62  

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

Jan 11   Ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72 in the year 1914.  

Jan 20   Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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