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December 5, 1914
On December 5, 1914, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
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The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings".
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1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1914th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th…
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On December 5, 1914
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1914 The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. 1914–17 British Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings".
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- April 20 Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
- April 21 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
- April 24 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- August 1 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- August 1 World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
- August 12 World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
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