aug 4, 1914 - World War I Starts

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President Woodrow Wilson announces that the United States will stay officially neutral in the European conflict that would become World War I. World War I hostilities had begun on June 28 when the Archduke of Austria and his wife, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were killed by a Serb nationalist in Sarajevo. Hostilities would begin on July 28 when Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia for failing to meet conditions set after the assassinations. The economy is FLOURISHING. The United States is supplying war weapons and making lots of money an reaching full empolyment making business and families happy.

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