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Each citizen and neutral foreign national is issued a bread card for an initial daily quota of 225 grams (about 8 ounces).
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro Hungarian empire assassinated in Sarajevo.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia World war 1 begins
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On the eastern front, Germans shatter the Russian Second Army and take over 92,000 prisoners at the Battle of Tannenberg.
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The attack has little military value, but is intended to terrorize civilians.
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German invasion of France is stopped in the First Battle of the Marne as German troops are forced to the north side of the Marne River, causing the Schlieffen Plan to fail.
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October 1914: Responding to need, the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) is created by Herbert Hoover, who is at the time a mining engineer and consultant living in London. The CRB distributes millions of tons of food to civilians in Belgium and northern France. Hoover goes on to be appointed director of the U.S. Food Administration in 1917 by President Wilson.
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As the armies tried to out flank each other, they extended their lines to the English Channel and began trench warfare. Ypres, a Belgian city and communications hub, was essential to both sides. In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched Allies fight off German assault. Germans give up their offensive by November 24 as winter and stormy weather set in.
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Held by the Germans since 1898, Tsingtao is a lightly garrisoned port city on the Yellow Sea. The Germans surrender on November 6.
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The sound of Christmas carols across No Man’s Land encourages troops from both sides to exchange greetings. The truce is spontaneous and was experienced by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of soldiers.
