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The following events occurred in January 1914: == January 1, 1914 (Thursday) == *British governor Sir Frederick Lugard successfully completed amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria to form one country. The newly united colony and protectorate were to be presided over by a proconsul, who was entitled the Governor-General of Nigeria. Although formally the country's name was derived from the Niger River,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.africa.com/nigeria/facts/ )〕 some accounts attribute the name of the country to Flora, Lady Lugard, wife of the governor, in a letter she wrote to the ''The Times'' on 8 January 1897. Lady Lugard suggested the name Nigeria as a shortened alternative to the Royal Niger Company's Territories, in reference to the mercantile company chartered by the British government to operate in that region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naijablog.co.uk/2009/04/1897-nigeria-gets-its-name.html )〕 *Battle of Ojinaga - About 6,000 of Pancho Villa's soldiers under command of Gen. Toribio Ortega Ramírez attacked 4,000 federal troop occupying Ojinaga, a town on the Mexican-U.S. border. Ramírez's men forced federal troops out of outlying outposts into the adobe buildings of the town, but were stalled by artillery bombardment. *The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in the United States started services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with winged aircraft, with Anthony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, former mayor of St. Petersburg, was the first airline passenger and over 3,000 people witnessed the first departure.〔http://www.historynet.com/st-petersburgtampa-airboat-line-worlds-first-scheduled-airline-using-winged-aircraft.htm/4〕 *The Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was given the responsibility for the operation of all British military airships. The Royal Navy retained control of all British airships until December 1919.〔Thetford, Owen, ''British Naval Aircraft Since 1912'', Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN 1-55750-076-2, p. 10.〕 *Horatio Clarence Hocken was reelected mayor of Toronto, defeating Fred McBrien with over 21,000 votes to the challenger's 16,000. The city also elected to city council Louis Singer, the first representative of Toronto's large Jewish community. *Kornelis ter Laan, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, was appointed mayor of Zaandam, becoming the first politician from the Social Democratic Workers' Party to hold a municipal leadership position. He would remain mayor until 1937.〔Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland : (Kornelis ter Laan )〕 * French artist Charles Ginner introduced the concept of neorealism in a manifesto published in the art magazine ''New Age''. *The first edition of ''Cuvânt moldovenesc'' was published in Bessarabia, Austria-Hungary, and lasted until 1919. The paper was revived in 1943. *The 1914 Five Nations Championship - an international rugby tournament - commenced with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in competition. Originally started out as the Home Nations Championships involving only the countries in the British Isles, the name was changed to reflect the inclusion of France. Ten matches were spread out over weeks with the final played in April.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=6 Nations History )〕 *The 1913-1914 World Baseball Tour - The tour reached Australia and played a New Years Day game in Brisbane, with the New York Giants beating White Sox 2-1. *Born: Noor Inayat Khan, World War II SOE agent and heroine, in Moscow (d. 1944, executed in Dachau); Richard T. James, American engineer, inventor of the spring toy Slinky, in Philadelphia (d. 1974); Adwaita Mallabarman, Bengali writer, author of the novel ''Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas)'', in the Brahmanbaria District, Bengal, British India (d. 1951); L. S. N. Prasad, Indian pediatrician, professor of pediatrics at Patna Medical College and Hospital, in Bihar Sharif, India (d. 2009) *Died: Alice Brady, Irish labour activist, youth leader in the 1913 Dublin Lockout, died from a gunshot wound (b. 1898) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1914」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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