South African troops invaded Angola, entering from Namibia in anticipation of Angola's independence from Portugal and the uncertain political outcome there.
About 150 Native American protesters and sympathizers held a demonstration at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle.
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Let Papa plan not war, for with the war will come the end of Russia and yourselves, and you will lose to the last man.
Grigori Rasputin; telegram to Imperial Russian Lady in Waiting, Anna Vyrubova, July 30, 1914.
First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill instructed Royal Navy Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet Admiral Archibald Berkeley Milne "to aid the French in the transportation of their African Army by covering, and if possible, bringing to action individual fast German ships, particularly Goeben, who may interfere in that action."
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The scientific Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle for the coast of Alaska.
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