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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1914 January 1 First scheduled commercial passenger airline service, by St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line of St. Petersburg, Florida. Cost is US$5 for the 20 mile flight. [1] [55.15] Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands' first socialist mayor (Zaandam). [1] Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria. [1] January 2 Philips installs research department in Eindhoven. [1] January 3 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] Stephane Raoul Pugno composer, dies at age 62. [1] January 4 Redjâizade M Ekrem Turkish poet/writer, dies at about age 66. [1] Silas Weir Mitchell US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at age 84. [1] January 5 James Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day. [1] January 6 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded. [1] January 7 First steamboat passes through the Panamá Canal. [1] January 10 First edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published. [1] January 11 Ambrose Bierce writer, dies at age 71. [1] January 13 Bernardus H Heldt Dutch Member of Parliament, dies at age 72. [1] IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia. [1] Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea composer, dies 76. [1] January 14 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords. [1] January 16 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia. [1] January 17 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin. [1] January 20 Emil Liebling composer, dies at age 62. [1] Henry Southwick Perkins composer, dies at age 80. [1] January 22 Frederik Rung composer, dies at age 60. [1] Paul Claudel's "L'échange" premieres in Paris. [1] January 24 The opera "Madeleine" is produced (New York City New York). [1] January 26 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike. [1] Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index. [1] January 28 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated. [1] February 1 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors appointed. [1] Tanganyika Railway opens. [1] February 2 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] February 4 US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law. [1] February 6 J Albert Neuhuys Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at age 69. [1] February 7 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice". [1] Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco. [1] February 8 General Zamon becomes President of Haiti. [1] February 13 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City, New York. [1] February 14 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands. [1] February 16 First airplane flight from to Los Angeles from San Francisco. [1] February 19 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin. [1] February 21 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China. [1] February 24 Birth of David Langdon cartoonist/illustrator. [1] Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] February 25 John Tenniel British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 93. [1] February 26 New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated. [1] February 28 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco). [1] March 1 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum. [1] Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin composer, dies at age 47. [1] March 7 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania. [1] March 9 Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co. [1] US Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico". [1] March 10 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez. [1] March 12 George Westinghouse US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at age 67. [1] March 14 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty. [1] March 16 Gaston Calmette editor (Le Figaro), killed by Madame Caillaux at age 55. [1] Sir John Murray piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies. [1] March 18 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China. [1] March 22 World's first airline, Saint Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins. [1] March 23 Teunis Stoel actor, dies at age 62. [1] March 25 Frédéric Mistral French poet (Nobel Prize-1904), dies. [1] March 27 First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels). [1] March 28 Hanus Trnecek composer, dies at age 55. [1] March 31 Ch Morgenstern writer, dies at age 42. [1] April 4 "The Perils of Pauline" shown for first time in Los Angeles California. [1] April 8 Jakub Arbes Czechoslovakia, author (Andél Miru), dies at age 73. [1] US and Colombia sign a treaty concerning the Panamá Canal Zone. [1] April 9 First full color film shown "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" (London). [1] Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in México. [1] April 11 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", premieres. [1] April 12 Josef Nesvera composer, dies at age 71. [1] April 14 Paul Ehrenreich German etnologist/mythologist, dies at age 58. [1] Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern. [1] April 16 George W Hill US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at age 76. [1] April 19 Charles Pierce philosopher/scientist, dies. [1] April 20 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow Colorado. [1] April 21 US marines occupy Vera Cruz México, stay six months. [1] April 22 México ends diplomatic relations with US. [1] April 28 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles West Virginia. [1] W H Carrier patents air conditioner. [1] May 1 China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification. [1] May 6 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage. [1] May 7 Edward Mollenhauer composer, dies at age 87. [1] US Congress establishes mother's day. [1] Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in the White House. [1] May 9 President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day. [1] May 14 Chicago's Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up two hits in 10th and loses 1-0. [1] May 15 Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris France. [1] May 16 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City. [1] Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens. [1] May 17 Peter Leyten bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at age 79. [1] May 21 Greyhound Bus Company begins in Minnesota. [1] May 25 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule. [1] Paolo Giorza composer, dies at age 81. [1] May 27 Joseph Wilson Swan physicist/chemist, dies. [1] May 28 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld composer, dies at age 76. [1] May 29 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on Saint Lawrence River; 1024 die. [1] May 30 Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, largest at 45,647 tons, sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City. [5] June 2 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome. [1] June 6 First air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway). [1] June 15 Birth of Saul Steinberg Romania, cartoonist, illustrator (New Yorker). [1] June 24 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena. [1] June 27 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia. [1] June 28 Archduke Ferdinand and wife Sofia of Austria assassinated (starts WW I). [1] June 29 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani. [1] June 30 Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa. [1] July 4 First US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks). [1] July 9 First US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York. [1] July 14 First patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard). [1] Robert Hutchins Goddard patents a liquid-fuel rocket motor. [1] July 18 US army air service first comes into being, in the Signal Corps. [1] July 23 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I. [1] July 28 Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia-WW I begins. [1] Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (New York City, by Harry Fox). [1] July 29 First transcontinental phone link made between New York City and San Francisco. [1] July 30 Jean Jaurés leading socialist, assassinated in Paris. [1] August 1 Germany declares war on Russia in WW I. [1] August 3 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I. [1] August 4 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany. [1] August 5 First traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. and E. 105th Street, Cleveland). [1] US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US. [1] August 6 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia. [1] Ellen Wilson President Wilson's wife, dies at age 54. [1] Serbia declares war against Germany. [1] August 8 Sweden and Norway make a common declaration of neutrality. [7] August 11 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland. [1] August 15 Panama Canal opens (under cost). [1] August 18 President Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality. [1] August 20 German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I. [1] Pope Pius X dies. [1] August 23 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I. [1] August 26 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg. [1] August 29 Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal. [1] September 1 Martha last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo. [1] Saint Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd. [1] September 3 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV. [1] September 5 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins. [1] September 6 Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris. [1] September 7 New York Post Office Building opens to the public. [1] September 9 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0. [1] September 15 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I. [1] September 18 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I. [1] September 26 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce. [1] September 28 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I). [1] October 10 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I). [1] October 15 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded. [1] Clayton Antitrust Act passed. [1] October 28 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates. [1] November 5 Britain annexes Cyprus. [1] November 16 Federal Reserve System formally opens. [1] November 20 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports. [1] December 2 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia. [1] December 3 Netherlands army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed. [1] December 6 Eduard Jacobs Dutch cabaret artist, dies at age 47. [1] German troops over run Lódz. [1] December 8 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island. [1] Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] December 10 French government returns to Paris. [1] December 11 Stockton Street Tunnel (San Francisco) completed. [1] December 12 Watkins Lewis black man lynched in Shreveport Louisiana. [1] December 14 Giovanni Sgambati composer, dies at age 73. [1] December 15 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded by Hiram Percy Maxim. [1] Battle of Lódz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow. [1] British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea. [1] Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary. [1] December 16 French offensive in Artois (Pétain). [1] Ivan Zajc composer, dies at age 82. [1] December 17 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland. [1] Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate. [1] Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities. [1] December 19 Johann F Ritter von Schulte German catholic lawyer, dies at age 87. [1] December 21 First feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released (starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin). [1] December 24 German plane drops bombs on Dover England. [1] December 25 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (British and Germans). [1]