Born in 1914
People born in 1914 turn 112 in 2026. A dollar in 1914 buys what $33.64 buys in September 2026, and about 1.82 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1914
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What things cost in 1914
| U.S. average | 1914 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $33.64 | CPI-U |
1914 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1914 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1914
- United States
- Woodrow Wilson (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); H. H. Asquith (Prime minister)
- Russian Empire
- Nicholas II (Emperor)
- Republic of China (1912–1915)
- Yuan Shikai (President); Xiong Xiling (Premier); Xu Shichang (Premier: Secretary of State)
- French Third Republic
- Raymond Poincaré (President); Gaston Doumergue, then Alexandre Ribot, then René Viviani (President of the Council of ministers)
- German Empire
- Wilhelm II (Emperor); Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Taishō (Emperor); Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, then Ōkuma Shigenobu (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1914 →
Famous people born in 1914
- Wilhelm Wegner, German highly decorated Leutnant in the Wehrmacht (died 1989) source
- January 1 – Noor Inayat Khan (aka Nora Baker), World War II heroine (executed 1944) source
- 1 January – Alexander Reid, playwright (died 1982) source
- July 8 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (died 2010) source
- 12 March - Tommy Farr, boxer (died 1986) source
- 29 December – Alfred Vohrer, German film director (died 1986) source
- 27 October – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (died 1953) source
- 6 January - Heinz Berggruen, German art dealer (died 2007) source
- March 16 – Arkady Chernyshev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992) source
- 22 October - David Tecwyn Lloyd, author (died 1992) source
- 14 March - Abdias do Nascimento, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician (died 2011) source
- 13 March – Kay Tremblay, film actress, living in Canada (died 2005 in Stratford, Ontario) source
- March 8 – Yakov Zeldovich, Russian physicist (died 1987) source
- October 2 – Jack Parsons, rocket engineer and occultist (died 1952) source
- January 5 – George Reeves, American actor (Superman) (died 1959) source
What happened in 1914
- January 29 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia dismisses his 4th Prime Minister, Vladimir Kokovtsov due to his "lack of control over the press", he is succeeded by Ivan Goremykin for his second term source
- April 20 – Colorado Coalfield War: Ludlow Massacre – The Colorado National Guard attacks a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 21 people. source
- 23 February - Light cruiser HMS Cordelia is launched at Pembroke Dock. source
- 1 January at 12:00 a.m. Local Mean Time States and territories now observe the four standard time zones, moving clocks forward or backward by a few minutes and seconds according to the then civil time by law since 18 June, 1913. source
- January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft. source
- January 11 – The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice. source
- February 12 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. source
- April 14 – The city of Irving, Texas, is incorporated. source