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1914
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1914

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo plunged Europe into the First World War, as Germany invaded Belgium and the armies dug into trenches after the Marne. The Panama Canal opened, linking two oceans at last.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
The Prize Money Was Allocated To The Spe
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Major Events of 1914

14 events
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinatedAustria Declares War on SerbiaGermany declares war and invades BelgiumJapan declares war on GermanyUS Intervenes in MexicoPanama Canal opensClayton Antitrust ActGermany Invades LuxembourgRussians Invade PrussiaBattle of MonsGermany wins vs. Russians in Battle of TannenbergFirst Battle MarneFirst Battle of YpresGermans Capture Lodz

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1914

Champions

US OpenGolf Winner: Walter Hagen Score: 290 Course: Midlothian CC Location: Blue Island, IL World Series Champs : Boston Braves vs. Philadelphia A's Series: 4-0

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
RICHARDS, THEODORE WILLIAM, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1868, d. 1928: "in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements"
Literature
The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Peace
The prize money for 1914-1916 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Physiology or Medicine
BçRçNY, ROBERT, Austria, Vienna University, b. 1876, d. 1936: "for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus"
Physics
VON LAUE, MAX, Germany, Frankfurt-on-the Main University, b. 1879, d. 1960: "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals" (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2025