February 13 - Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members
March 16 - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmet, the editor of le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage (she is later acquitted)
August 4 - German troops invade neutral Belgium in advance on France. Britain declares war on Germany after the latter fails to undertake to respect Belgian neutrality. The United States declares neutrality
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