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aug 21, 1916 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany

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President Wilson tells a joint session of Congress that Germany’s policy of unrestricted U-boat warfare poses an unacceptable threat to “freedom of the seas.”

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aug 21, 1916
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~ 109 years ago