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1914
June 28: Assassination of Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand
July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
August 1–4: Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Russia, and Britain all commit to war
August 4: Germany invades Belgium; United States declares its neutrality
August 15: Panama Canal officially opens
August 23: Japan declares war on Germany
August 24: American poet Alan Seeger volunteers for French Foreign Legion; many individual Americans go to Europe and join both sides in the conflict
August 26: German forces burn Louvain, Belgium |