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World population surpasses 1.5 billion people of whom live in Asia
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Women granted equal electoral in Norway,the first European nation to enact perment universal suffage for women.
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World war 1 begins Austria Hungary's declaration of a war against Serbia.
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President Woodrow Wilson signs a declaration of war against Germany.
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A pandemic of Spanish influzee sweeps the globe killing more than 21 million people -- over 1% of the world population.
