1914

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1914 was a common year starting on Thursday according to the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday according to the Julian calendar. It represented the 1914th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1910s decade. At the start of 1914, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. This year marked the beginning of what became known as the First World War, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austrian throne, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Additionally, 1914 saw the establishment of the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, known as the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.