World War 1 - Battles of Penang
Time: Wednesday Oct 28, 1914
Place: Penang island
Details: On 28 October, the German cruiser SMS Emden sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug in the Battle of Penang. Japan seized Germany's Micronesian colonies and, after the Siege of Tsingtao, the German coaling port of Qingdao on the Chinese Shandong peninsula.
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October 1914
Winston Churchill-Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans
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1914
First Indochina War-Phan Bội Châu was imprisoned
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Adolf Hitler-To Munich
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Marie Curie-The Radium Institute
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Cypriot intercommunal violence-The island was annexed by the United Kingdom
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Mexican Revolution-The Seizure and Occupation of The port of Veracruz
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Josip Broz Tito-Went on to come second in the army fencing championships
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Irish War of Independence-Nationalist leader John Redmond forced the Volunteers to give his nominees a majority on the ruling committee
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Winston Churchill-Churchill convinced the House of Commons to authorize the government purchase of a 51 percent share in the profits of oil produced by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
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Armenian Genocide-Massacre of Phocaea
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Edward VIII-Grenadier Guards
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Louis Armstrong-Released from jail
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Marcus Garvey-Three-week journey across the Atlantic
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Library of Congress-Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service
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World War 1-Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
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United Nations-Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination
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Marcus Garvey-Garvey arrived back in Jamaica
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Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky made a quick trip to Ustilug To Retrieve Personal Effects
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Mexican Revolution-Huerta Stepped Down and Fled To Puerto México
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Marcus Garvey-One Aim. One God. One Destiny
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World War 1-German Failure
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Marcus Garvey-UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire
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World War 1-Serbia Responds
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Adolf Hitler-World War I
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Treaty of Versailles-Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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World War 1-Deceleration of the War
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Edward VIII-WWI
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World War 1-Russian Support
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World War 1-Germany Responds."state of danger of war"
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Irish War of Independence-Third Home Rule Act
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