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7 May 1915: British luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The liner was en-route from New York City to Liverpool, England with 1,924 passengers & crew. Of the 1,119 deaths, 114 were Americans including Alfred Vanderbilt, one of the world's richest men. This event enraged American public opinion against Germany.

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