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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
On June 28, 1914, a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. -
Sinking of the Lustiana
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War. -
British use tanks and Deville Wood
The battle was fought between The Allies (British and French).The tanks were better weapons because they could charge at the other side and when they would bounce of the tank. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a coded message sent to Mexico.It was sent on January 1917. -
President Woodrow Wilson talks to Congress about going war
They went war with Germany in 1917.Congress obliged and declared war Germany. -
US enters World War 1
US joined its Allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War 1.More than 2 million US soldiers fought in battlefields in France. -
US passes Selective Service Act
Congress Selective Service Act, witch Wilson sighed to law. -
Kaiser Wilhelm Abdicates and goes into Exil
Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German Kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). -
Armistic Day
Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I. -
Senate Rejects League of Nations
On this day in 1919, the Senate spurned the Treaty of Versailles that had ended World War I and provided for a new world body, championed by President Woodrow Wilson.
