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It was a ceremony when a lot of the royals from around the world came out to attend King Edwards funeral, many royal families were removed from the government in World War I and its aftermath.
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President Woodrow Wilson, who woulds serve as commander in chief during World War 1, officially becomes President for the first 2 terms
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On this day, the Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark of WWI, which would grow because of entangled alliances
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Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers, and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities.
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Germany has a war against France
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Belgium ports were close to the British coasts and German control of Belgium would have been threatening to Britain
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Cease of fire between the German and British soldiers to sing carols to each other, smoke cigarettes, and play soccer
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The slaughtering of many people in 1 ethnic group. 1.5 million Armenian people died
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A German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania causing it to sink
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Battle of the first world war with France and the British against the German Empire
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A note to the German ambassador of Mexico for Mexico to be allies with the Germans when war broke
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He asked to go to war and said "The world must be made safe for democracy"
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The vote count from when Woodrow ask was 373 to 50
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First major American offensive of the war. Small in scale, the Americans fight bravely and soon go on to larger attacks against German positions.
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Begins when 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines.
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Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates, ending all German hope for a victory. He and his retinue quietly slip over the border into the Netherlands where he lives out the remainder of his life in relative peace and writes a self-promoting memoir defending his actions in the war.
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They day the WW1 ended
