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News and Events of 1914

World Events

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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.

President: Woodrow Wilson
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Population: 99,111,000

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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.

Federal spending:   $0.73 billion
Consumer Price Index:   10
Unemployment:   7.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

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Boston Braves d. Philadelphia A's (4-0)

Toronto Blueshirts (NHA)

Women: Dorothea Chambers d. E. Larcombe (7-5 6-4)
Men: Norman Brookes d. T. Wilding (6-4 6-4 7-5)

Old Rosebud

Army (9-0-0)

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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.

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.