What Happened in November 1914

Historical Events

Nov 1 German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile

Hindenburg Takes Charge

Nov 1 Paul von Hindenburg named marshal of the Eastern front

German President and WWI General Paul von Hindenburg

Nov 1 Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity
Nov 2 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
Nov 2 Great Britain declares the entire North Sea a military area: neutral ships will transit it at their own risk
Nov 2 Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
Nov 2 Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom's comic operetta "The Only Girl" opens at 39th Street Theatre, later transferring to the Lyric Theatre, NYC; runs for 240 performances
Nov 3 1st modern elastic brassiere is patented by New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob
Nov 4 Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete", NYC)
Nov 5 Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus, occupied since 1878; the immediate reason is to keep it from being taken by Turkey
Nov 6 The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
Nov 7 German Chinese concession of Kiaochow Bay and its center at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces
Nov 7 Japanese attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
Nov 7 The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
Nov 9 Off Cocos Island, near Sumatra, the Australian cruiser 'Sydney' sinks German cruiser 'Emden', which has been attacking ships in the Pacific
Nov 12 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
Nov 14 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game

Il Populo d'Italia

Nov 15 Italian socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il Populo d'Italia

Nov 16 Federal Reserve System formally opens

Pope Benedict XV

Nov 16 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace

Nov 17 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
Nov 20 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
Nov 21 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
Nov 21 British army conquers Bazra
Nov 22 Indian troops take Basra in Mesopotamia
Nov 22 Ypres, Belgium, burned by German bombing
Nov 23 The US Army withdraws from Mexico
Nov 24 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's Socialist Party
Nov 24 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
Nov 26 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbour, England, 788 die
Nov 27 1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham, Lincolnshire)

Arthur O'Hara

Nov 28 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Arthur O'Hara Wood beats Gerald Patterson 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1

Nov 28 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Events in 1914

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 Sabby Lewis, American jazz pianist and arranger, born in Middleburgh, North Carolina (d. 1994)
Nov 2 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1938-39, 42-43; World Series 1940; Cincinnati Reds), born in Prospect Park, New Jersey (d. 1997)
Nov 2 Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
Nov 3 Hallgrímur Helgason, Icelandic musicologist, composer, teacher and conductor, born in Eyrarbakki, Iceland (d. 1994)
Nov 4 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), born in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala (d. 1957)
Nov 5 Alton Tobey, American artist, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2005)
Nov 5 Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Nov 5 Jack McVea, American swing jazz, and R&B clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
Nov 6 Jonathan Harris [Charasuchin], American stage and screen character actor (The Bill Dana Show - "Mr. Phillips"; Lost In Space - "Dr Zachary Smith"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2002)
Nov 7 R. A. Lafferty, American sci-fi author (Devil is Dead), born in Neola, Iowa (d. 2002)
Nov 8 Norman Lloyd, American actor (St. Elsewhere - "Dr. Auschlander"; Dead Poets Society), producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2021)
Nov 8 Peter Mondavi, American Napa Valley winemaker (Charles Krug), born in Virginia, Minnesota (d. 2016)
Nov 9 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1995)

Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)

Nov 9 Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Nov 11 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, born in Huttig, Union County Arkansas (d. 1999)
Nov 11 Hansje Toussaint [Hermina A Schenk], Dutch singer (Sing of the Cross), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1984)
Nov 11 Henry Wade, American lawyer (Dallas County District Attorney 1951-87), born in Rockwall County, Texas (d. 2001)
Nov 11 Howard Fast, American novelist and TV screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus), born in New York City (d. 1914)
Nov 11 Perry Richardson Bass, American heir, investor and philanthropist, born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2006)
Nov 12 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Belgian Catholic theologist (influential at Second Vatican Council), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2009)
Nov 12 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (Olympic gold 1936), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2002)
Nov 12 Sylvi Saimo, Finnish kayaker (Olympic gold 1952, 1st female summer Olympic champion), born in Jaakkima, Finland (d. 2004)
Nov 13 Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director, born in Vaprio d'Adda, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2005)
Nov 14 Eric Crozier, British theater producer and librettist (worked with Benjamin Britten), born in London, England (d. 1994)
Nov 14 Florentine Rost van Tonningen (née Heubel), Dutch Nazi supporter known as "Black Widow", born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2007)
Nov 14 Ken Carson, American western singer (Garry Moore Show), born in Coalgate, Oklahoma (d. 1994)
Nov 15 Jorge Bolet, Cuban-born American pianist known for his performances of the work of Franz Liszt, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1990)
Nov 17 Archie Campbell, American country recording artist, comedian, and writer (Hee Haw), born in Bullsgap, Tennessee (d. 1987)
Nov 18 Leif Solberg, Norwegian organist, choral conductor and composer, born in Lena, Norway (d. 2016)
Nov 20 (Clifton) "Skeeter" Best, American jazz guitarist (Erskine Hawkins; Earl Hines; Oscar Pettiford; Ray Charles; Milt Jackson), born in Kinson, North Carolina (d. 1985)
Nov 20 Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1992)
Nov 22 Peter Townsend, British war hero, courtier and writer (had a romance with Princess Margaret), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1995)
Nov 23 Emmett Ashford, American baseball umpire (first certified black umpire), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
Nov 23 Roger Avon, British actor (Doctor Who, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.), born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England (d. 1998)
Nov 23 Wilson Tucker, American sci-fi author (Time Masters), born in Deer Creek, Illinois (d. 2006)
Nov 24 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director and actress (Jane Eyre, Barocco), born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Nov 25 Eddie Boyd, American blues pianist and singer ("Five Long Years"), born in Mississippi (d. 1994)

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)

Nov 25 American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (13 × MLB All-Star; 9 x World Series; 3 x AL MVP; MLB record 56-game hitting streak; NY Yankees), born in Martinez, California

Nov 25 Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
Nov 27 Evangeline Bruce, American society hostess and writer, born in England (d. 1995)
Nov 28 Gertrude Jeannette, African American taxi driver, playwright and film and stage actress (Shaft, Cotton Comes to Harlem), born in Urbana, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Nov 29 Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-British jazz double bassist (Joe Harriot Quintet), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2015)
Nov 29 Edith Tilton Penrose, American-born British economist (The Theory of the Growth of the Firm), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
Nov 29 Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder of several Zen centers in France, born in Saga City, Japan (d. 1982)
Nov 30 Charles Hawtrey [Hartree], English actor (Carry On films), born in Hounslow, England (d. 1988)

Born in 1914

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
Nov 2 Jack Sheridan, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (World Series 1905, 07-08, 10), dies from effects of sunstroke at 52
Nov 3 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Totentag) dies of a cocaine overdose at 27
Nov 6 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist (Dante), dies at 79
Nov 14 Frederick Roberts "Bobs", British military commander and governor of Natal (Second Afghan War, Boer War), dies at 82
Nov 14 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Nov 24 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People Party, dies at 44
Nov 25 Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
Nov 25 Jan Stobbaerts, Belgian painter, dies at 76

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