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📅 Events in 1914

Jun 19, 1914

First Canadian Troops Mobilize

The Canadian Expeditionary Force begins its mobilization following growing tensions in Europe ahead of the outbreak of World War I, with volunteers flooding recruitment offices.

Military National

Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo sets in motion events that lead to World War I. Canada, as part of the British Empire, will enter the war automatically when Britain declares war on August 4.

Military National

Jun 29, 1914

Empress of Ireland Inquiry Concluded

A formal inquiry into the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914, which killed 1,012 people, concludes its hearings and assigns blame for Canada's worst peacetime maritime disaster.

Disaster Quebec

🎂 Born in 1914