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Category Archives: World War I
Last Known World War I Veteran Dies
In this Feb. 19, 2010 photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, MOD, shows Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday being presented with a birthday cake by LAC Hannah Shaw on behalf of the RAF at her home in King’s Lynn, east England. Florence Green, the world’s last known veteran of World War [...]
Today in History November 11
World War I ends, 1918 American Revolution Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre, 1778 Automotive The General Lee jumps into history, 1978 Civil War Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch is born, 1811 Cold War Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer, 1973 Crime Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente’s lawn, [...]
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Tagged 1778 Automotive The General Lee jumps into history, 1811 Cold War Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer, 1831 George Patton born, 1834 James Garfield marries Lucretia Rudolph, 1852 Music Donna Summer earns her first #1 pop hit with “MacArthur Park”, 1858 Sports Fernando Valenzuela wins Cy Young Award, 1885 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns, 1918 World War II, 1921 Hollywood Interview with the Vampire debuts, 1933 Presidential Franklin Pierce marries Jane Appleton, 1967 Operation Commando Hunt commences, 1968 Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam, 1972 World War I World War I ends, 1973 Crime Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente’s lawn, 1978 Civil War Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch is born, 1978 Old West Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota, 1981 Vietnam War Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war, 1988 Disaster Skiers die in cable-car fire, 1994 Literary Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story, 2000 General Interest Nat Turner executed in Virginia, American Revolution Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre, Draft age is lowered to 18 1942, November 11, Today in History
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed. The ‘Great War’, which began on 28 July 1914 with Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war with Serbia, was the first truly global war. It began in Europe but quickly spread throughout the world. Many [...]
Outbreak of World War I On June 28, 1914
First World War erupts. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 9:42, June 25, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-world-war-erupts. On June 28, 1914, in an event that is widely regarded as sparking the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was shot to death with his wife by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, [...]
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Tagged "war to end all wars", 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire was shot to death, June 28, outbreak of World War I, Sarajevo Bosnia, Serbian nationalists, World War I
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