page_title: December 1914
section_title: December 10, 1914 (Thursday)
hierarchical_section_title: December 1914 / December 10, 1914 (Thursday)
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. ADN-ZB 13.11.1961 Max von Laue Physiker, geb. 9.10.1879 in Pfaffendorf bei Koblenz gest. 24.4.1960 in Berlin; Professor in Zürich, Frankfurt (Main), Berlin, Göttingen, Direktor des Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin; erhielt 1914 den Nobelpreis. Max von Laue im Alter von fünfzig Jahren. (Aufn.: 1929) 30835-29
context_page_description: The following events occurred in December 1914:
context_section_description: The Nobel Prize Committee selected German physicist Max von Laue as recipient for the Nobel Prize in Physics, American chemist Theodore William Richards for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (the first time an American scientist was a recipient), and Austro-Hungarian physiologist Róbert Bárány for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
  New Zealand held a general election to elect a total 80 Members of Parliament for the 19th New Zealand Parliament, with incumbent Prime Minister William Massey of the Reform Government maintaining power. Over 600,000 voters were registered, of which 84 per cent turned out to vote.
  Battle of Kolubara — The Serbian Army retook the lower reaches of the Drina, forcing most of the Austro-Hungarian troops to retreat across the river back towards Bosnia.
  The Royal Navy's first aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, was commissioned.
  Norwegian ferry Hydro to serve Lake Tinnsjå in Norway as part of the Tinnsjø railway ferry service.
  The Maine State Nurses Association was established in Portland, Maine.
  The suspenseful drama The Man Who Stayed at Home by J. E. Harold Terry premiered at the Royalty Theatre in London and became a major hit on the eve of World War I, running 584 in at the time was one of the longest-running hit plays in British theater.
  Born: Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer, guest starred with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on many of the Road to ... movies, in New Orleans (d. 1996); John Pohe, New Zealand air force officer, member of the No. 51 Squadron and escape team from the German POW camp Stalag Luft III during World War II, in Whanganui, New Zealand (d. 1944, executed)
  Died: Joseph Smith III, American religious leader, eldest son of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, President of the Church from 1860 to 1914 (b. 1832)
caption: Physicist Max von Laue, Nobel Prize winner.
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