Veteran day

  • Assassination

    Assassination
    Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip.
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    Vets day

  • War

    War
    Austria declares were on Serbia.
  • War

    War
    Germany declares war on Russia.
  • Battle.

    Battle.
    Battle of Verdun—Germans and French each lose about 350,000 men.
  • War.

    War.
    US declares war on Germany.
  • War.

    War.
    US declares war on Austria-Hungary