WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1914
Find out what all happened June to September 1914

USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched. (11. July 1914)

World War I: Battle of Cer begins. (16. August 1914)

World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France. (13. September 1914)

Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. (23. June 1914)

Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia. (29. June 1914)

William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. (3. September 1914)

The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. (4. July 1914)

World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station. (13. September 1914)

The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. (1. August 1914)

World War I: the United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit. (12. August 1914)

World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost. (25. August 1914)

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (17. September 1914)

World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. (28. August 1914)

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army. (9. September 1914)

World War I: Battle of Stallupönen – The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia. (17. August 1914)

World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality. (4. August 1914)

World War I: The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. (15. August 1914)

Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. (11. July 1914)

World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (28. July 1914)

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. (26. September 1914)

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