January 1914Panama CanalGeorge Goethals
Appointed Governor of the Canal Zone
Historical records for United States of America in 1914, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Governor of the Canal Zone
US forces bombard & seize the Mexican port of Vera Cruz
Birth of Joe Louis
The steamship Ancon makes the canal's official inaugural transit.
Birth of Creighton Abrams
The Act creates the Federal Trade Commission to police unfair methods of competition.
The Clayton Act targets anticompetitive practices and exempts legitimate labour activity from antitrust prosecution.
Appointed Chairman of the American Relief Commission in London
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
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
Applies uranium-lead dating to geological timescales.
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
Robert Goddard begins practical rocketry
A Treaty is signed allowing Colombia certain privileges in Panama
The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence
Finds Sinope, extending the known family of distant retrograde Jovian satellites.
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
Publication of "The Concept of Consciousness"
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