Historical Events In 1914
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Dec 14 Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
Dec 14 On this day in history lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
Dec 15 After being closed for over four months, the NYSE got back into the swing of things on this day in 1914, albeit with a tight set of trading restrictions designed to prevent fiscal disaster on this day in history.
Dec 15 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow on this day in history.
Dec 15 Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII) on this day in history.
Dec 16 French offensive in Artois (Pétain) on this day in history.
Dec 16 Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1914.
Dec 17 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on this day in history.
Dec 17 On this day in history jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
Dec 17 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's) in the year 1914.
Dec 18 On this day in history jerry Zipkin, socialite
Dec 19 In the year 1914 johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87
Dec 21 "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts on this day in history.
Dec 21 A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies in the year 1914.
Dec 21 First feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) in the year 1914.
Dec 23 Dezider Kardos, composer in the year 1914.
Dec 23 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1914.
Dec 24 On this day in history dorothy Hyson, actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go)
Dec 24 German plane drops bombs on Dover England in the year 1914.
Dec 25 Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the German troops along the Eastern and Western fronts cease firing their guns and artillery, and start singing Christmas carols and playing brass musical instruments; at first light, many German soldiers emerge from their trenches and cross No Man's Land, calling out Merry Christmas in English and French; at first the Allied soldiers suspect a trick, but soon they are shaking hands with the Boche; swapping cigarettes and plum pudding, and even playing soccer; the Christmas Truce lasts a few days, then it is back to the bloody conflict of World War I; there are no more Christmas Truces in the year 1914.
Dec 25 In the year 1914 legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)
Dec 25 On this day in history sS Therese Heymann. This Ropner ship left the Tyne and was posted missing thereafter. No information about her fate is known but she may have been mined off Filey, Yorkshire as was the fate of many other vessels.
Dec 26 Richard Widmark, Sunrise Mich, actor (Madigan, Judgement at Nuremberg) in the year 1914.
Dec 27 Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red) on this day in history.
Dec 28 In the year 1914 bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street)
Dec 30 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America) in the year 1914.
Dec 31 In the year 1914 colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000
Dec 31 In the year 1914 pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)
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