September 6, 1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris September 7, 1914 Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist September 7, 1914 Hugo Pfister, composer September 7, 1914 Ian Ball, photographer September 7, 1914 James Van Allen, U.S. physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts) September 7, 1914 Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73 September 7, 1914 NY Post Office Building opens to public September 8, 1914 British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland September 8, 1914 Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians) September 8, 1914 Hillary Brooke, Abbott & Costello's neighbor (Hillary) September 8, 1914 William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 September 9, 1914 Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) September 9, 1914 Belgian offensive from Antwerp September 9, 1914 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0 September 10, 1914 Robert Wise, director (Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story) September 12, 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager September 13, 1914 Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician September 14, 1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn September 14, 1914 German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches September 14, 1914 Kay Medford, New York City, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love)