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1914
Jan 5
| 1914 • South African troops open hostilities in German South-West Africa (modern-day Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station. |
1915
May 30
Age: 1y
| 1915 • Boxer Jess Willard, the latest "Great White Hope", defeats Jack Johnson with a 26th round knockout in sweltering heat at Havana, Cuba. Willard becomes very popular among white Americans for "bringing back the championship to the white race". |