Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge FRS FRSE FRIC FRSC MRIA (Liverpool, 28 October 1914 – Norwich, 18 August 1994) was a British biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer Martin.
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I. - 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.