1914
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Events
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Dated Events
- Real World: June 28. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Gavrilo Princip.
- Real World: July 18. The U.S. Army forms its Signal Corps.
- Real World: July 28. World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
- Real World: August 1. Germany declares war on Russia (a response to Russia's support for Serbia).
- Real World: August 2. Germany occupies Luxembourg.
- Real World: August 3. Germany declares war on France.
- Real World: August 4. Germany invades Belgium, prompting Great Britain to declare war on Germany. The United States declares itself neutral.
- Real World: August 5. The first electric traffic light is installed in Cleveland, Ohio. The United States and Panama sign the Panama Canal Treaty.
- Real World: August 15. The Panama Canal officially opens to boat traffic.
- Real World: August 20. Brussels, Belgium, is occupied by German troops.
- Real World: August 23. Japan declares war on Germany.
- Real World: September 1. St. Petersburg, Russia, renames itself Petrograd.
- Real World: September 3. Benedict XV becomes Pope.
- Real World: September 5. The First Battle of the Marne begins.
- Real World: September 6. Victory for the French and British at the Marne; Germany's advance on Paris is halted.
- Real World: October 29. Warships of the Ottoman Empire shell Russian ports in the Black Sea.
- Real World: November 4. France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey.
- Real World: November 5. Cyprus is annexed by Great Britain; France and Britain declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
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Undated Events
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Events of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
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New Fictional Works
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Notable Books
The Warlords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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Notable Films
The Hazards of Helen (serial), The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Perils of Pauline (serial), A Study in Scarlet.
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