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Gavrilo Princip Assasination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States enters World War ll -
Batanna Death March
The Bataana Death March was when Japan captured over 70,000 United States troops stationed in the Philippine island or Luzon, and were forced to march over 65 miles to prision camps -
War in Pacific
Japanese Empire attempts to conquer more territory while the United States and the Allies attempt to stop its efforts, and war begins. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the final stage of the Second World War