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assassinated by a serbian nationalist in Sarejevo
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Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Russia.
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Russia begins to mobilise her armed forces. Austria-Hungarian troops invade Serbia.
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Official outbreak of World War I. Germany declares war on Russia.
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Germany invades Luxembourg.
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Germany declares war on France.
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Russia invades East Prussia.
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27,000 French soldiers are killed on this single day in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris, towards the German borders.
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Austro-German forces launch an attack into western Poland
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Battle of Lemberg begins.
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Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers.
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Battle of Lodz begins.
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First German air raid on Britain.
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An unofficial Christmas truce is declared by soldiers along the Western Front.
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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.
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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.
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The first sound on film motion picture "Phonofilm" is show in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest.
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The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix
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albert einstein lectures in new york city
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J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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NBC founded as the U.S.'s first major broadcast network
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The Great Mississippi Flood occurs, affecting over 700,000.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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The United States Congress approves the construction of Boulder, later named Hoover Dam.
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Future Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is born in his grandfather's house in Atlanta, Georgia.
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massacre killing tons of people during the 1920's era
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U.S passes imigration act
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Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse
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Herbert Hoover becomes President
