Friday, July 11, 2014

Friday, July 11, 1914. Babe Ruth premiers, as does the USS Nevada.

Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.

July 11, 1914: Babe Ruth makes his major-league debut with Red Sox

The German foreign office sent a letter to King Peter of Serbia congratulating him on his birthday.

The USS Nevada was launched.

It was classified as a "super dreadnaught", which would really place it in the brief category of "battleship", in a period of rapid naval evolution. The launch was attended by Governor Oddie, Governor David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.

She'd serve in World War One.

She was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, sunk and refloated in 1942. She served thereafter in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, as well as the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was sunk as a target in 1948.

On the same day, 5,000 people attended an Anti Militarist League rally to commemorate the anarchist killed in the July 4, Lexington Avenue Explosion.

Last edition:

Friday, July 10, 1914. Loyalties.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Austro Hungaria, July Crisis, panoramic, Russia, Serbia, Ulster, United Kingdom, Virginia

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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