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Archduke Frank Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and World War 1 begins.
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The Panama Canal opens.
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Germany attacks and sinks the Lusitania.
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The Gallipoli campaign ends.
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The battle of Verdun begins.
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Germany and Austria-Hungary establish the kingdom of Poland.
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Communists take control of Russia in the Bolshevik Revolution.
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The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded.
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An armistice ends the war.