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Austria has chosen war
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Astria heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo
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the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania
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American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned on the slogan, "He kept us out of war.