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June 28,1914
Archduke Frank Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. -
July 28, 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and World War 1 begins. -
August 1914
The Panama Canal opens. -
May 1915
Germany attacks and sinks the Lusitania. -
December 1915
The Gallipoli campaign ends. -
February 1916
The battle of Verdun begins. -
November 1916
Germany and Austria-Hungary establish the kingdom of Poland. -
November 1917
Communists take control of Russia in the Bolshevik Revolution. -
June 1917
The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded. -
November 11,1918
An armistice ends the war.