* The last Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian [[Nurse|Nursing]] service band. <br> She becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of [[passenger pigeonMajor]] on . * Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated, triggering the start of [[EarthWorld War I]] dies. * Royal Australian Navy submarine '''HMAS ''AE1''''' vanishes while on combat patrol near Papua New Guinea. <br> This begins one of Australia's longest naval mysteries: the sunken vessel will not be discovered for another 103 years.