Timeline

	FIRST YALE UNIT	PHOTOS	WAR AND WORLD EVENTS
January
February
March
April
May
June		Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria	• Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife are murdered by a Serbian terrorist in Sarajevo, June 28th.
July			• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, July 28th
August			• Germany declares war on Russia, August 1st • Germany declares war on France, August 3rd • Great Britain declares war on Germany, August 4th • The United States formally announces its neutrality, August 5th • Japan declares war on Germany, August 23rd
September
October
November			• The United States evacuates its troops from Vera Cruz, Mexico
December
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