BORN TODAY: Renaat Demoen, Belgian illustrator and creator of comics.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/demoen_renaat.htm
World Affairs: In Serbia, King Peter I (Peter Karađorđević) “retires” in favour of his son, the Crown Prince Alexander, following a short period of strife between military and civil authorities. On 1 December 1918, after the implosion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, King Peter I will be proclaimed King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Serbia
Transportation: In Bern Switzerland, the “European [Train] Timetable Conference” concludes it biannual meeting, where the timetable for train co-ordination across Europe for the winter season 1914-1915 has been agreed and set. Passengers should be warned there may be substantial delays…
http://www.forumtraineurope.org/html/e/fte_kuerze_004a.html
Society and culture: Wealthy Californian socialite Aimee Crocker, marries Prince Alexandre Miskinoff, a Russian nobleman.They will divorce in 1916, leaving him with the dubious honour of being her fourth divorce, but not with the satisfaction of being her only Russian divorce. In 1925 she marries Prince Mstislav Galitzine, Count Ostermann of Russia, becoming Princess Galitzine, a title she retains after divorcing him too, in 1927.