History Today: When the United States joined World War I

It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers in World War I, declaring war against imperial Germany. It was also this day in 1986, when the Olympic Games made a historic return to its birthplace in Athens, Greece, after a 1,500-year hiatus. The day also marks the beginning of the first-ever round-the-world flight in 1924

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