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Today in History: Britain and Austria Go to War
A concise history note lists key dates: 1914 Britain declared war on Austria Hungary starting World War I, with other milestones including 1658 New Amsterdam police, 1851 Singer sewing machine patent, 1898 Spanish American War peace protocol, 1941 Atlantic Charter meeting, 1959 Little Rock integration, 1962 Soviet space flight, 1968 Cuban rebel activity, 1963 Perez Jimenez extradition order, and 1965 Pope Paul VI expanding Vatican Curia roles.
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Britain
Austria-Hungary
New Amsterdam
America
Isaac Singer
Pittstown
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Little Rock
Ark
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Marcos Perez Jiminez
Venezuela
Paul the Sixth
Vatican
Curia