Wisconsin Becomes 30th State
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World War I
Rhode Island Becomes 13th State
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Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sunk the Lusitania.
Samuel Morse Dies
On April 2, 1872, telegraph inventor Samuel Morse died. President Woodrow Wilson address Congress on April 2, 1917, asking to declare war and join World War I.
U.S. Acquires Danish West Indies
Nearly 50 years after the first negotiations took place, the United States purchased the Danish West Indies from Denmark, later renaming them the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. again entered into talks with the Danish and the treaty was signed on August 4, 1916.