1914

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1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the year that saw the start of what became known as World War I.

Events

• June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Countess Sophie were assassinated by Black Hand in Sarajevo. This led to World War I.
• August 2 – According to the NSDAP 25 points manifesto, anyone who was not German-race who did not live in Germany before this date had to leave the country.
• August 15 - Construction of the Panama Canal is finished.
• August 31 – Saint Petersburg, Russia is renamed Petrograd by Nicholas II.
• September 26 - The Federal Trade Commission is formed.

Nobel Prizes

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine won by Robert Bárány, Austrian doctor.

Births

• February 5 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1997)
• March 31 – Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (d, 1998)
• April 2 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• May 13 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
• May 29 – Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa climber (d. 1986)
• September 24 – John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
• October 16 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, last Shah of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
• October 27- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
• November 25 – Joe DiMaggio, American MLB baseball player (d. 1999)
• December 14 – Karl Carstens, 5th President of West Germany (d. 1992)
• December 20 - Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American politician (d. 2013)
• December 30 – Igor Diakonov, Russian (Soviet) historian and linguist (d. 1999)
• Nancy Drew, Fictional character

Deaths

• June 14 – Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
• June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863), and his wife Countess Sophie
• August 6 – Ellen Louise Wilson, American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson. (b. 1860)