Events in 1914?

OTHER than WWI, what were some major events in the year 1914?

Events in 1914?
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





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 Rosebud


NCAA Football Champions


Army (9-0-0)





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.





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





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.
Reply:Irish Home Rule Act passed


Curragh mutiny occurs


Australia conquers Papua, New Guinea (ex-German colony)
Reply:English politics in Ireland. Very brutal, backward thinking, and could even be called racist at times.
Reply:so, k, did you just come up with that off the top of your head or make it up or did you actually just steal that off a website that you refuse to recognize as a reference. I'm pretty sure that is not common knowledge.