-
a bomb was thrown at their auto but misses. they continue their visit only to be shot and killed a short time latter by a lone assassin. -
the Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia -
the declaration is binding on all dominions within the British empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. the united States declares it neutrality -
the British passenger liner lusitania off the Irish coast. it sinks in 18 minutes, 1,201 people drowning, including 128 Americans. -
the French failed to capture an important Bulgarian stronghold located at a monastery in the sardar Macedonia region -
a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in there German foreign office to the German embassies in Washington DC, and Mexico against the United States. Germany would provide tactical support while Mexico would benefit by expanding into the American southwest. and retrieving territories that had once been part of Mexico. -
The United Staes declared war on Germany -
the first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops landed in France at the port of Saint-Nazaire. the landing site had been kept secret because of the menace of German submarines. -
the eleventh hour of the eleventh day or the eleventh month. fighting continues all along the western front until precisely 11 o'clock, with 2,000 casualties experienced that day by all sides. -
a German delegation signs the treaty formally ending the war. its 230 pages contains terms that have little in common with Wilsons fourteen points as the German had hoped. German back home react with mass demonstrations against the perceived harshness.