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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their car but misses. they continue their visit only to be shot and killed a short time later by a assassin. -
President Wilson emphasized that neutrality would allow the United States to maintain its economic interests and avoid being drawn into the conflict -
A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania off the Irish coast. it sinks drowning 1,201 people , including 128 Americans. President Woodrow Wilson sends four diplomatic protests to Germany. -
American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned on the slogan, "He kept us out of war." -
The British intercept a telegram sent by Germany to the German embassies in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. Its message outlines plans for an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States. -
The United States of America declares war on Germany. -
The first American troops land in France. -
The Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I -
At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war. Its 230 pages contain terms that have little in common with Wilson's Fourteen Points as the Germans had hoped. Germans back home react with mass demonstrations against the perceived harshness, especially clauses that assess sole blame for the war on Germany.