What Happened In July 1914 In History

Historical Events for July, 1914

• 4th » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria called Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg named Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
• 11th » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• 11th » USS named Nevada called BB-36 is launched.
• 18th » The United States Congress named U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the United States Army or U.S. Army for the first time.
• 21st » The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I.
• 23rd » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an July Crisis known as ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria named Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accep
• 26th » Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
• 27th » Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippines known as Philippine government.
• 28th » World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria called assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austr
• 29th » The Cape Cod Canal opened.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1914

• 1st » P. Kandiah, Ceylonese academic and politician (d. 1960)
• 1st » Earle Warren, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1994)
• 2nd » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (d. 1988)
• 2nd » Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer (d. 1990)
• 2nd » Erich Topp, German admiral (d. 2005)
• 5th » Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
• 6th » Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
• 8th » Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)
• 8th » Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993)
• 9th » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Leadership of East Germany or Prime Minister of East Germany (d. 1999)
• 10th » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (d. 1992)
• 12th » Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)
• 15th » Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999)
• 15th » Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996)
• 17th » Eleanor Steber, American soprano (d. 1990)
• 18th » Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)
• 19th » Marius Russo, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 20th » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist
• 20th » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (d. 2005)
• 20th » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (d.2010)
• 23rd » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (d. 1971)
• 23rd » Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress (d. 2004)
• 24th » Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2007)
• 25th » Woody Strode, American football player and actor (d. 1994)
• 26th » C. Farris Bryant, American politician, List of Governors of Florida or 34th Governor of Florida (d. 2002)
• 26th » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
• 26th » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 27th » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969)
• 28th » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
• 29th » Irwin Corey, American actor and activist
• 30th » Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999)
• 31st » Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)
• 31st » Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)

Famous Deaths for July 1914

• 2nd » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 31st » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859; murdered by Raoul Villain)

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