September 1914

Tuesday 01:

The last Passenger Pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

Thursday 03:

Papacy of Giacomo della Chiesa began. He becomes pope Benedict XV.

Saturday 05:

World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.

Wednesday 09:

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

Friday 11:

Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.

Sunday 13:

1914 - During World War I, South African troops open hostilities in German SW Afica (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.

Tuesday 15:

World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.

Thursday 17:

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

Friday 18:

The Battle of Aisne ends.

Saturday 26:

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.