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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pi
The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
George V reviewed more than 200 Royal Navy vessels at Spithead, England.
The first shots of World War I were fired by the Austro-Hungarian river monitor Bodrog on Serbian defences near…
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great so
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strik
More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of
Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice…
While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.
Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents
Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco I
Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco I
The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York
The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York
Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wea
The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which prohibited the interstate transport of females for "immoral purpos
Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensiv
Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tifli
Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tifli
First Russian Revolution: The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their officers