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Queen Liliuokalani overthrown in Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown in part due to the help of Sandford Dole (pineapple guy) to establish Hawaii and independent and able to be acquired by the US as a territory and later, a state. -
U.S.S. Maine Sunk
The battleship USS MAINE was sunk by an explosion in the harbor of Havana, Cuba on the night of February 15, 1898, three weeks after her arrival for a friendly visit. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ending the Spanish American War resulted in the acquisition of the Philippines, part of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam -
McKinley is assassinated, Roosevelt becomes President
McKinley is shot in the abdomen and dies of gangrene eight days later, making Teddy Roosevelt president of the United States. -
Woodrow Wilson Becomes President
Wilson was elected to the US presidency in 1912 after having served as president of his alma mater Princeton University (formerly The College of New Jersey) and as Governor of New Jersey (1910) -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Principe, a member of a Serbian nationalist terrorist group fighting against Austria-Hungary's rule over Bosnia -
Austria-Hungary invades Russia.
Austria-Hungary declaring war on Russia on August 6th simply started the war there earlier. If they had not, the Russian's would have finished mobilizing and declared war by invading Hungary not long later. -
Panama Canal Opens
The Panama Canal opens in 1914 leading to the rapid movement of ships between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, effectively bridging the world's commercial and military worlds. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telgram was a proposal from Germany to Mexico to get Mexico to allow German troops and Mexican troops to attack the US in exchange for lands lost in the 1840s in the Mexican-American War. -
Treaty of Versailles
The purpose of the Treaty was to end World War I in such a way that the victorious Entente powers (France, Britain, the Dominions, and the US) would be satisfied.
