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On June 28,1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated and was shot by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian student who was part of the Serbian Secret Society. -
In Europe there was mounting tensions with the countries and Great Britain declared war on Germany. Due to Germany forced or invade Belgium to fight Britain. -
A German U-boat (U-20) torpedoed and sank the Lusitania from New York to Liverpool without any alerts. -
The Elections were held in the United states on November 7 and Democratic Woodrow Wilson Defeated former associate justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes a Republican Candidate. -
British naval intelligence intercepted and decrypted a telegram sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman to the German Ambassador in Mexico City. -
The United States Declares war on Germany and Joins with the Allied Power, France, Great Britain, Russia, Canada and Italy. -
The Austro-Hungarian Army push back 11 Italian Division off the Mount Ortigara summit and regain their important defensive position in Asiago, Italy -
The Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
An armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I. -
On June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed to officially end World War l