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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand precipitates the start of the massive armed conflict in Europe now known as the First World War.
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Ottoman authorities arrest 240 Armenian leaders in Constantinople and deport them east.
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The "War Guilt Clause" of the Versailles Treaty forces Germany to accept responsibility for initiating World War I.
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Hitler issues his first written comment on the so-called Jewish Question.
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Adolf Hitler presents a 25-point plan at a Nazi Party meeting.
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Recently released from prison after serving 9 months for treason, Adolf Hitler declares the reformulation of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) with himself as leader. He makes the declaration at the Munich beer hall where the aborted coup of 1923 began.
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Nazi supporters at a campaign rally in Waldenburg, Germany. In a speech, Hitler attacks the Weimar Republic and pledges to dissolve the parliamentary system.
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Roosevelt wins the most votes in the American presidential elections.