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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
assassinated by a serbian nationalist in Sarejevo -
Austria - Hungary declares war
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Russia. -
war arouses
Russia begins to mobilise her armed forces. Austria-Hungarian troops invade Serbia. -
Germany declares war
Official outbreak of World War I. Germany declares war on Russia. -
Luxembourg
Germany invades Luxembourg. -
France enters war
Germany declares war on France. -
Prussia invaded
Russia invades East Prussia. -
trajedy occurs
27,000 French soldiers are killed on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders. -
Attack in poland
Austro-German forces launch an attack into western Poland -
battle
Battle of Lemberg begins. -
Turkey enters war
Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. -
Lodz
Battle of Lodz begins. -
Air raid
First German air raid on Britain. -
christmas in Germany
An unofficial Christmas truce is declared by soldiers along the Western Front. -
league of nations
The League of Nations holds its first meeting and accomplishes the rafitification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War. Nine days later the United States Senate votes against joining the League. -
Voting rights
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. Also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, in recognition of her important campaign to win the right to vote. -
sound!!!!
The first sound on film motion picture "Phonofilm" is show in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest. -
olympics
The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix -
einstein
albert einstein lectures in new york city -
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -
ne wnewtwork
NBC founded as the U.S.'s first major broadcast network -
mississippi
The Great Mississippi Flood occurs, affecting over 700,000. -
Amelia!
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. -
Hoover Dam
The United States Congress approves the construction of Boulder, later named Hoover Dam. -
Future Hero Born!
Future Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is born in his grandfather's house in Atlanta, Georgia. -
St. Valentine's Day massacre
massacre killing tons of people during the 1920's era -
imigration act
U.S passes imigration act -
steamboat willie
Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse -
president
Herbert Hoover becomes President
