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Archduke FranzFerdinand and his wife were assassinated.
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Austia Hungary declared a short war against Sebia.
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Germany, obligated by treaty to support Austria-Hungary, declared war on Russia.
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Germany invades Beligium.
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A U-boat sank the British liner Lustania.
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2 parallel systems of deep, rat-infested trenches srossed France from the Belgian coast to the Swiss Alps.
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Germany torpeoed an unarmed French passenger steamer.
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The battle lasted untill mid November. The british suffered 60,000 deaths the first day alone.
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There was a misscounting in votes, Hughes went to bed believing he was elected but Wilsion won the vote, and Wilson became the president.
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U-boats would sink all ships in british waters.
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united states declares war on Germany.
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Everyone gathered in the Captiol building to hear President Wilsoin deliever his war resolution.
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750,000 germans starved to death
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Russia withdrawls from the the war.
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The first world war ends.
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The Eighteenth amendment went into effect.
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The movements best known poet.
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were both arrested and charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard.
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Gives women the right to vote.
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KDKA-Pittsburg made its first debut on the airwaves.
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A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture.
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Started as a young trumpet player for Olivers group, later his talent rocked him to stardom in the jazz world.
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Tennesse passed the nations first law that made crime to teach evolution.
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Gertude Ederle became the first women to swim the english channel.
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First to handle airmail delieveries.
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Charles established a record of 33 hours and 29 minutes in his 3,614-mile solo flight across the atlantic.
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A female blues singer with an outstanding voice, recorded on black oriented lables produced by major record companies.
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50 million americans listened to thier radios, as the fight between the former champ Jack Dempsey and the current title holder Gene Tunney went on.
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Herbert Hoover is elected president.
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Murder of 7mob associates as part of the prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago, led by Al Capone.
