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Lusitania Sank
On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans. -
Assassination of Franz ferdinand
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Kaiser Declares "open season" on ships
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Great War begins
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars -
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. -
Wilson re-elected
The United States presidential election of 1916 was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election -
Russia pulls out of the war
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US declares war on Germany
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Zimmerman note intercepted
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Selective service act
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Convoy system
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Flu Epidemic
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Fourteen points speech
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Sedition Act passed
The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 -
Germany signs armistice
Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne from the place where it was signed, it came into force at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918
