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June 14 – Adlai E. Stevenson, 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 (born 1835) August 6 – Ellen Axson Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, First Lady of the United States (born 1860) August 25 – Powell Clayton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1868 to 1871 (born 1833)
The Battle of Veracruz (April 21 to November 23, 1914) [12] began with the occupation of the port city of Veracruz by the United States and lasted for seven months. The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico, and was related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.
US battleships steaming toward Veracruz following the Tampico Affair. Inset: Appearing in the photograph (left to right): Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander of US forces during the Tampico Affair; Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, who commanded the landing to seize Veracruz; Vice Admiral Charles J. Badger, Commander of US Atlantic Fleet in 1914.
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1914 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1914 disestablishments in the United States (33 C, 10 P) 1914 establishments in the United States (53 C, 20 P)
This period, they believe, commenced with Jerusalem’s destruction in 607 B.C.E. and spanned 2,520 years, culminating in 1914. Jehovah’s Witnesses also associate 1914 with the onset of the “last days,” characterized by global conflicts, natural disasters, and moral decline, as foretold in scriptures like Matthew 24:3-8 and 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
The 1914 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914, in order to elect the Governor of Texas. James E. Ferguson, nominated by the Democratic Party, easily defeated his two general election opponents, E.R. Meitzen of the Socialist Party and John W. Philip of the Republican Party.
The Encyclopedia of World War I : A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol. 2005) Vaughn, Stephen. Holding Fast the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism, and the Committee on Public Information (1980) online; Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (1995), Very thorough coverage. Wilson, Ross J.