WW1

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  • Hollywood, California becomes the center of the movie production in the U.S

    Hollywood, California becomes the center of the movie production in the U.S

    Various producers and filmmakers moved from the east coast to escape punitive licensing from the Motion Picture Patents Company. The first studio was established in Hollywood by New Jersey based Centaur Co, who wished to make westerns in California. They rented an unused roadhouse at 6121 Sunset Boulevard at the corner of Gowwer and converted it into a movie studio in Oct 1911, calling it Nestor Studio after the name of the west branch of their company. The first feature film was in 1914
  • Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand

    Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand

    In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, visited the bosnian capital Sarajevo. As the royal entourage drove through the city, sebian natianalist Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowd and shot the Archduke and his wife Sophie.
  • Germany declares war on Russia and France. Great Brittian declares war on Germany and Austria Hungry

    Germany declares war on Russia and France. Great Brittian declares war on Germany and Austria Hungry

    Germany, Obligated by treaty to support Austria- Hungary so they declared war on russia and france

  • German U-boats sink the Lusitania, and 1,198 people die

  • Alexandre Graham Bell makes first transcontintal teliphone call