Date: December 8, 1914
World War I: U-boat campaign: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea. Date: August 6, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅…
The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States. Date: January 9, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1914Ypiranga Incident: German Arms Shipment Intercepted Near…
World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt. Date: November 1, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1914U.S. Congress Forms…
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost. Date: August 25, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On…
World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army. Date: September 9, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1914Pancho Villa Captures Zacatecas…
World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins. Date: September 6, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1914First Electric Traffic Light Installed…