English: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and died the next day.

English: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofie, Duchess of Hohenberg by the Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip was one of the key events leading to World War I. Austria held Serbia responsible and declared war on Serbia. Russia came to Serbia's defence and by the begin of August 1914 England, France and Germany got involved. The Ottoman Empire joined the war in November 1914. - The war ended with the armistice signed November 11, 1918 at Le Francport near Compiègne in France

Deutsch: 1. Weltkrieg

English: Olympic Games in Berlin during Hitler's reign of Germany

Deutsch: Olympische Spiele in Berlin während Hitlers Regime in Deutschland

English: Germany attacked Polen and provoked so England and France to declare war on Germany. America entered the war later after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian Islands.

Deutsch: Deutschland fällt in Polen ein und provoziert so England und Frankreich den Krieg gegen Deutschland zu erklären. Die USA treten erst später in den Krieg ein, nachdem Japan Pearl Harbor in Hawaii angegriffen hat.

English: May 8, 1945 End of World War II.in Europe

Deutsch: 8. Mai 1945 ende des 2. Weltkrieges in Europa