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FranzFerdinand Assassination
Archduke FranzFerdinand and his wife were assassinated. -
Austria-Hungary declared war
Austia Hungary declared a short war against Sebia. -
Germany declaires war
Germany, obligated by treaty to support Austria-Hungary, declared war on Russia. -
Germany invades
Germany invades Beligium. -
British liner disaster
A U-boat sank the British liner Lustania. -
Trench Warfare
2 parallel systems of deep, rat-infested trenches srossed France from the Belgian coast to the Swiss Alps. -
Germany breaks their promise
Germany torpeoed an unarmed French passenger steamer. -
The first battle of the Somme
The battle lasted untill mid November. The british suffered 60,000 deaths the first day alone. -
Presdential Election
There was a misscounting in votes, Hughes went to bed believing he was elected but Wilsion won the vote, and Wilson became the president. -
Sink all ships
U-boats would sink all ships in british waters. -
U.S Declares war
united states declares war on Germany. -
American Acts
Everyone gathered in the Captiol building to hear President Wilsoin deliever his war resolution. -
British Blockade
750,000 germans starved to death -
Russias withdraw
Russia withdrawls from the the war. -
The End
The first world war ends. -
Prohibition
The Eighteenth amendment went into effect. -
Langston Hughes
The movements best known poet. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were both arrested and charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard. -
Nineteenth Amendement
Gives women the right to vote. -
Radio Broadcast
KDKA-Pittsburg made its first debut on the airwaves. -
Harlem Renaissance
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture. -
Louis Armstrong
Started as a young trumpet player for Olivers group, later his talent rocked him to stardom in the jazz world. -
The Scopes Trial
Tennesse passed the nations first law that made crime to teach evolution. -
Gertude Ederle
Gertude Ederle became the first women to swim the english channel. -
American Airways
First to handle airmail delieveries. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles established a record of 33 hours and 29 minutes in his 3,614-mile solo flight across the atlantic. -
Bessie Smith
A female blues singer with an outstanding voice, recorded on black oriented lables produced by major record companies. -
Boxing Match
50 million americans listened to thier radios, as the fight between the former champ Jack Dempsey and the current title holder Gene Tunney went on. -
President
Herbert Hoover is elected president. -
St. Valentines day massacre
Murder of 7mob associates as part of the prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago, led by Al Capone.
