Top News Stories from 1914
World Events
- World War I begins: Austria declares war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany.
- Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophie assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
- Panama Canal is officially opened after 10 years of construction.
U.S. Events
U.S. Statistics
President: Woodrow Wilson
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Population: 99,111,000
More U.S. Statistics... - Congress sets up Federal Trade Commission, passes Clayton Antitrust Act.
- U.S. Marines occupy Veracruz, Mexico, intervening in civil war to protect American interests.
- The world's first red and green traffic lights are installed in Cleveland.
Economics
Federal spending: $0.73 billion
Consumer Price Index: $10
Unemployment: 7.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
Sports
World Series
Boston Braves d. Philadelphia A's (4-0)Stanley Cup
Toronto Blueshirts (NHA)Wimbledon
Women: Dorothea Chambers d. E. Larcombe (7-5 6-4)Men: Norman Brookes d. T. Wilding (6-4 6-4 7-5)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Old RosebudNCAA Football Champions
Army (9-0-0)Entertainment
Events
- In his second big-screen appearance, Charlie Chaplin plays the Little Tramp, his most famous character.
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes published.
- Winsor McCay unleashes Gertie the Dinosaur, the first animated cartoon.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Theodore W. Richards (US), for determining atomic weight of many chemical elements
Physics: Max von Laue (Germany), for discovery of diffraction of Roentgen rays passing through crystals
Physiology or Medicine: Robert Bárány (Austria), for work on physiology and pathology of the vestibular system
More Nobel Prizes in 1998... - George Washington Carver begins experimenting with peanuts as a new cash crop for Southern farmers.
- The last known passenger pigeon dies in the Cincinnati Zoo.
