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13h 40min, may 4, 1916 y - Sussex pledge

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Germany's torpedo sinks yet another unarmed merchant ship, the Sussex, injuring US passengers. |EFFECT| Wilson made threats again, and Germany responded w this pledge to not hit any more passenger ships without due warning, to keep them out of war | kept their word for the rest of 1916

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13h 40min, may 4, 1916 y
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~ 110 years ago