German troops attacked Liège, Belgium.
Montenegro declared war on Austro Hungaria.
The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia fired across the bow of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz as it was leaving the Port of Melbourne. The liner was not aware that war had broken out.
The Royal Navy sank the German minelayer SS Königin Luise, causing Germany's first naval loss of the war.
The Czechoslovak Legion was established.
Kaiser Wilhelm reauthorized the Iron Cross, last issued during the Franco Prussian War.
Captain Robert Bartlett rendezvoused at Port Hope, Alaska to provide new clothing and wages owed to his Inuit guide who had traveled with him from Wrangel Island to Siberia in an attempt to get back to civilization and arrange a rescue boat as part of his effort to complete that mission.
The first electric light traffic light system was installed at the intersection of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
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