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1914 Historical Event(s)
January 26, 1914
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
February 12, 1914
– In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
March 20, 1914
– In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
April 27, 1914
– Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
July 11, 1914
– Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major league baseball.
August 16, 1914
– World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
August 23, 1914
– World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
September 1, 1914
– St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
October 5, 1914
– World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
December 14, 1914
– Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
Who Were Born On 1914?
January 5, 1914
– George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
January 17, 1914
– Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
February 18, 1914
– Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
March 19, 1914
– Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
April 12, 1914
– Armen Alchian, American economist
May 16, 1914
– Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
September 13, 1914
– Leonard Feather, British jazz pianist, composer, journalist (d. 1994)
September 14, 1914
– Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
September 20, 1914
– Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)
November 13, 1914
– Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)