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January 9, 1914
On January 9, 1914, the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
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Featured · January 9, 1914
The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (ΦΒΣ) is a historically African American fraternity. C.
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The year in brief
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 January 9, 1914
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1914 The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States. International historically Black American collegiate fraternity
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (ΦΒΣ) is a historically African American fraternity. C.
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Other moments from 1914
- 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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