What happened on April 21, 1914?

Name: US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months
Start: 1914-04-21
End: 1914-04-21

US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months

1913
The US Post Office begins parcel post delivery
The Bronx General Post Office (also known as the Bronx Central Post Office or Bronx Central Annex) is a historic post office building at 558 Grand Concourse in the South Bronx in New York City, New…
1913
British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening)
British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening)
1913
China's National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history
The National Assembly was the legislative branch of the Beiyang government during the Republican era of Chinese history.
1913
US Admiral Chester Nimitz (28) weds Catherine Freeman (21) in Wollaston, Massachusetts
US Admiral Chester Nimitz (28) weds Catherine Freeman (21) in Wollaston, Massachusetts
1913
US Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
The 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike officially spanned from August 7, 1919, to September 6, 1919.

1915
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Mar
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
1915
French forces attempt to drive the Germans back into the Champagne region during World War I, gaining a few hundred yard
French forces attempt to drive the Germans back into the Champagne region during World War I, gaining a few hundred yards at the cost of 50,000 casualties
1915
First military use of poison gas occurs when Germany uses chlorine gas against the Allies along the Western Front at Ypr
First military use of poison gas occurs when Germany uses chlorine gas against the Allies along the Western Front at Ypres, France in World War I [1]
1915
First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by ANZAC forces during World War I
The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe and, to the Turks, as the Arıburnu Battle, was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by...
1915
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost

What happened on April 21, 1914?: US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months