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1914 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1914 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1914

• January 26, 1914 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• July 26, 1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
• August 6, 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: 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.
• August 21, 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre which pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• August 26, 1914 – In Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is founded.
• September 13, 1914 – World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
• October 13, 1914 – In Major League Baseball’s World Series, the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 0, at Fenway Park in Boston, completing the first World Series sweep in history.
• November 16, 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• December 15, 1914 – World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Who Were Born On 1914?

• January 31, 1914 – Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1997)
• February 8, 1914 – Bill Finger, American screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
• April 2, 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor and singer (d. 2000)
• April 3, 1914 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
• May 13, 1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer, wrestler, and actor (d. 1981)
• June 13, 1914 – Barbara Reynolds, English lexicographer and author (d. 2015)
• July 31, 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)
• September 17, 1914 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
• September 21, 1914 – Slam Stewart, American bassist and composer (d. 1987)
• November 11, 1914 – James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)