1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the year that saw the start of what became known as World War I.
Events
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Nobel Prizes
Births
- February 5 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1999)
- March 31 – Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (d, 1998)
- April 2 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
- May 13 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
- May 29 – Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa climber (d. 1986)
- September 24 – John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
- October 16 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, last Shah of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
- October 27- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- November 25 – Joe DiMaggio, American MLB baseball player (d. 1999)
- December 14 – Karl Carstens, 5th President of West Germany (d. 1992)
- December 20 - Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American politician (d. 2013)
- December 30 – Igor Diakonov, Russian (Soviet) historian and linguist (d. 1999)
- Nancy Drew, Fictional character
Deaths