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![]() The genesis of World War I remains unclear to this day. |
World War I
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World War I, the 'Great War', begin in 1914 after a highly suspect set of circumstances. School history textbooks love to talk about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Harrison Tax Act
In USA, the Harrison Tax Act restricted the sale of heroin, beginning a series of legal restrictions on drugs which would morph into the "war on drugs".[1]
Events
Event | Date | Description |
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Pax Brittanica | ||
Armenia/Genocide | ||
WW1 | The "Great War" and the "War to End War". Perhaps 10 million killed. |
New Groups
Deaths
Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Summary | Description |
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Franz Ferdinand | 18 December 1863 | 28 June 1914 | Austria-Hungary Sarajevo | Politician | The archduke whose assassination is widely cited as the proximate cause of World War I. |
John Philip Holland | 24 February 1841 | 12 August 1914 | Engineer | ||
Frederick Heinze | 5 December 1869 | 4 November 1914 | New York Saratoga | Businessperson | A copper baron bankrupted by the money trust |
Frederick Sleigh Roberts | 30 September 1832 | 14 November 1914 | France St Omer | Soldier | Very highly decorated soldier and advocate of conscription. |
Births