What Happened In December 1914 In History

Historical Events for December, 1914

• 14th » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina) called Democratic Progressive Party ('Partido Demócrata Progresista', PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 15th » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
• 15th » List of accidents and disasters by death toll Industrial disasters known as A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
• 23rd » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
• 24th » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
• 29th » 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', the first novel by James Joyce, is serialized in 'The Egoist (periodical) named The Egoist'.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1914

• 2nd » Bill Erwin, American actor (d. 2010)
• 2nd » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
• 3rd » Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)
• 4th » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
• 4th » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
• 5th » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
• 9th » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)
• 9th » Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)
• 9th » Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
• 10th » Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 13th » Alan Bullock, English historian and author (d. 2004)
• 14th » Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1992)
• 14th » Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943)
• 14th » Nam Phương, Vietnamese wife of Bảo Đại (d. 1963)
• 14th » Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (d. 2003)
• 17th » Fernando Alonso (dancer) e.g Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballerina, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013)
• 17th » Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck or Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1951)
• 19th » Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 20th » Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)
• 21st » Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)
• 21st » Ivan Generalić, Hungarian-Croatian painter (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Satchidananda Saraswati, Indian-American guru and educator (d. 2002)
• 24th » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1978)
• 24th » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 25th » James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (d. 2007)
• 26th » Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
• 26th » Richard Widmark, American actor and producer (d. 2008)
• 27th » Jack Latham, American actor, and news anchor (d. 1987)
• 28th » Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (d. 1974)
• 28th » Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
• 29th » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter (d. 1976)
• 29th » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)
• 29th » Albert Tucker (artist) e.g Albert Tucker, Australian painter (d. 1999)
• 30th » Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 30th » Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)

Famous Deaths for December 1914

• 1st » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 8th » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 10th » Robert Williams (archer) known as Robert Williams, American archer (b. 1841)
• 16th » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1832)
• 24th » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 27th » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)

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