Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I. Date: June 28, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On…
The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Date: June 27, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. Date: June 23, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire. Date: June 12, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. Date: May 30, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives. Date: May 29, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland. Date: May 25, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. Date: May 17, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society. Date: April 24, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz. Date: April 21, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)