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On this day Woodrow Wilson asks for permission to declare war on Spain after the sinking of the Battleship Maine.
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On this date King Edward had his funeral and his daughter was made the Queen.
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President Woodrow Wilson, who could serve as commander in chief during World War 1, officially becomes President for the first of two terms
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On the day the Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances
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Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium
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On this date, a truce between both sides was passed which paused the war for a short period of time during christmas. It was said that the soldiers actually played soccer together.
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The Armenian genocide was the killing of millions of Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
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On this date a German torpedoed this ship and killed more than half of the people on board. This event is what turned the public opinion against Germany.
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This is the date president Woodrow Wilson launched an expedition to capture Pancho Villa. Pancho killed several U.S citizens because of Woodrow's support towards Venustiano Carranza. A few days before this expedition was launched, Pancho killed around 33 Americans and the U.S reacted by killing around 50 Mexicans on U.S soil and 70 in Mexico.
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The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War fought by the British Empire and French Empire against the German Empire.This battle was know as one of the biggest battles of the first world war.
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The U.S presidential election in 1916 was held on this date. The election resulted in Woodrow Wilson defeating Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Woodrow Wilson was a democrat while Charles was a republican.
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U.S gets news about Zimmermann's telegram and its contents.
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The U.S decides to end neutrality and declare war on Germany.
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These were Wilson's reasons to keep peace in the U.S.
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The armistice ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany.
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Declares war because they decided to invade Belgium.
