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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States enters World War ll
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The Bataana Death March was when Japan captured over 70,000 United States troops stationed in the Philippine island or Luzon, and were forced to march over 65 miles to prision camps
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Japanese Empire attempts to conquer more territory while the United States and the Allies attempt to stop its efforts, and war begins.
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The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the final stage of the Second World War
