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1914Jun, 15

Hilda Terry

Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
Theresa Hilda D’Alessio (June 25, 1914 – October 13, 2006), better known as Hilda Terry, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Teena. It ran in newspapers from 1944 to 1964. After marriage, she usually signed her name Theresa H. D’Alessio. In 1950, she became the first woman allowed to join the National Cartoonists Society.

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Events on 1914

  • 23Jul

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
  • 26Jul

    Bulgaria

    Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
  • 5Aug

    Traffic light

    In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • 15Aug

    Frank Lloyd Wright

    A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • 1Sep

    Petrograd

    St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.