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1914 in United States of America
Explore 31 historical events and records for United States of America in 1914.
Historical records for United States of America in 1914
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January
April
Federal Reserve Districts Announced
The Reserve Bank Organization Committee announces the boundaries of twelve Federal Reserve districts and names the cities in which the Reserve Banks will be located, establishing the geographic structure of the new central banking system.
Capture of Vera Cruz
US forces bombard & seize the Mexican port of Vera Cruz
May
Birth of Joe Louis
Birth of Joe Louis
August
First Federal Reserve Board Begins Work
The first Federal Reserve Board begins its work in Washington, providing the national governing body needed to supervise the Reserve Banks and implement the Federal Reserve Act.
Opening of Panama Canal
The steamship Ancon makes the canal's official inaugural transit.
September
Birth of Creighton Abrams
Birth of Creighton Abrams
Federal Trade Commission Act
The Act creates the Federal Trade Commission to police unfair methods of competition.
October
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Act targets anticompetitive practices and exempts legitimate labour activity from antitrust prosecution.
November
Federal Reserve Banks Open
All twelve Federal Reserve Banks open for business on the same day, making the new Federal Reserve System operational and giving the United States a coordinated network of regional central banks.
Other events (month unknown)
American Relief
Appointed Chairman of the American Relief Commission in London
Berlin Academy Appointment
Moves to Berlin for a senior research appointment and membership of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Covariance Problem in Gravitation
Publishes work refining the mathematical and covariance problems of his developing gravitational theory.
Discovery of Cepheid Stars
Beginning in 1914, Harlow Shapley began a series of studies of globular clusters, published in about 40 scientific papers. He examined the RR Lyrae variables in the clusters (which he assumed were cepheid variables) and would use their period-luminosity relationship for distance estimates
Discovery of Globular Clusters
Beginning in 1914, Harlow Shapley began a series of studies of globular clusters, published in about 40 scientific papers. He examined the RR Lyrae variables in the clusters (which he assumed were cepheid variables) and would use their period-luminosity relationship for distance estimates
Einstein-Grossmann Covariance Analysis
Continues with Grossmann to examine covariance properties of their gravitational equations, exposing problems that eventually drive Einstein back toward general covariance.
European War News Coverage
The outbreak of the First World War demanded extensive foreign reporting and rapidly evolving diplomatic analysis.
Formal Foundations of General Relativity
Publishes a detailed formal treatment of the developing gravitational theory, presenting its mathematical structure before he restores fully general covariance.
Geological Dating
Applies uranium-lead dating to geological timescales.
Independence of Panama
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
Independence of United States of America
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
Invention of Rocket
Robert Goddard begins practical rocketry
Manifesto to Europeans
Co-signs a pacifist appeal opposing wartime nationalism among European intellectuals.
McClure Autobiography Collaboration
Cather helped produce S S McClure's autobiography as a ghostwriter.
Nordstrom Gravitation Recast with Fokker
With Adriaan Fokker, reformulates Nordstrom's competing gravitation theory using tensor methods, clarifying how relativistic gravity could be expressed geometrically.
Panama Canal
A Treaty is signed allowing Colombia certain privileges in Panama
Recognition of Independence at Washington
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
Return to Postgraduate Astronomy
Edwin Hubble returns to the University of Chicago for postgraduate work in astronomy, beginning the research path that leads to his doctorate and a career in observational cosmology.
Sinope Added to Jupiter System
Finds Sinope, extending the known family of distant retrograde Jovian satellites.
Stellar Mass-Luminosity
Beginning in 1914, Harlow Shapley began a series of studies of globular clusters, published in about 40 scientific papers. He examined the RR Lyrae variables in the clusters (which he assumed were cepheid variables) and would use their period-luminosity relationship for distance estimates
The Concept of Consciousness
Publication of "The Concept of Consciousness"
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