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1. On January 8, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech before Congress outlining his vision for postwar Europe. By what name did this speech come to be known?
2. On January 27, "Tarzan of the Apes," first in a long line of Tarzan movies, premiered in New York. Elmo Lincoln played the played the first Tarzan, but who played the first Jane?
3. On March 2, what is believed to be the first case of what became known as the "Spanish Flu" was reported in what location?
4. On April 9, architect Jørn Utzon was born in Copenhagen. For what building is he best known?
5. On April 21, Manfred von Richthofen, the famed "Red Baron," was shot down and killed, apparently by Captain Roy Brown. From what country did Brown hail?
6. In June, American forces encountered a German advance at Belleau Wood. Urged to fall back by French officers, Marine Captain Lloyd Williams replied with what words?
7. On July 17, Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and members of his household were executed in the cellar of a house in what Russian locality?
8. On November 9, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In what country did he seek exile?
9. On November 11, World War I ended when an armistice was signed near Compiègne, France in what setting?
10. During this year, "Eminent Victorians," a controversial biographical overview of figures such as Florence Nightingale and General Charles Gordon, was published. Who was its author?
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