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Assaination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, visited the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. -
German declares war on russia
On August 1, 1914, four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, two more great European powers,Russia and Germany,declare war on each other -
Hollywood California
Is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is notable for its place as the home of the film industry -
Alexander graham bell makes first transontinetal
inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service as part of a demonstration that included dignitaries in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Jekyll Island, Ga. Bell, in New York -
German U-boats sink the lusitania
The earlier German attacks on merchant ships off the south coast of Ireland prompted the British Admiralty to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area or take simple evasive action, such as zigzagging to confuse U-boats plotting the vessel’s course -
Albert eistein proposes his general theory
Einstein then spent 10 years trying to include acceleration in the theory and published his theory of general relativity in 1915 -
Woodrow reelceted for pres
Woodrow Wilson became the first Democratic president since Andrew Jackson to be elected to two consecutive terms of office when he defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 Presidential Election -
The battles of verdun
also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire -
The united states declares war on germany
At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilson's request -
The selective service acts sets up the draft
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people -
Russia withdraws from the war
The February Revolution of 1917 overthrew the Russian monarchy, which was replaced by a shaky coalition of political parties that declared itself the Provisional Governmen -
The bolsheviks established a communist regime in russia
In the Second Party Congress vote, the Bolsheviks won on the majority of important issues, hence their name -
Congress passes the sedition act
On this day in 1918, Congress extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broad range of spoken or written offenses, including the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language” about the federal government, the U.S. flag -
The first world war ends
On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany that called for a ceasefire effective at 11 a.m.– it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.