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United States 2/12/1914 Lincoln Memorial Begun Construction on the Lincoln Memorial was started in Washington DC.United States 3/17/1914 Green Beer Invented? Dr Thomas H Curtin creates green beer by adding a drop of wash blue dye. It was served at the Schnorrer Club of Morrisania in the Bronx, New York.United States 6/9/1914 Honus Wagner's 3000th Hit Honus Wagner with the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first baseball player in the twentieth century with 3000 career hits.United States 6/28/1914 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Duchess Sophie in Sarajevo. This began the July Crisis that lead to the beginning of World War I.United States 7/11/1914 USS Nevada Launched The United States Navy's first super-dreadnought battleship was launched.United States 7/11/1914 Babe Ruth Played in the Big Leagues Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.United States 7/28/1914 World War I Begins Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia via telegram - thus beginning World War I.United States 8/15/1914 Panama Canal Inaguration The Panama Canal was offically opened with the passage of the cargo ship SS Ancon. American President Woodrow Wilson (3/4/1913-3/4/1921) British Prime Minister H H Asquith (4/5/1908-12/5/1916)