Historical Events in 1914 (Part 3)

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• Dec 16 World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
• Dec 17 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland

• Dec 17 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
• Dec 17 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities

• Dec 21 2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances
• Dec 23 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt
• Dec 24 German plane drops bombs on Dover, England
• Dec 25 Legendary "Christmas Truce" takes place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops. Instead of fighting, soldiers exchange gifts and play football
• Dec 26 US Government protests British interference with American merchant ships at sea, on the same day Germans announce they will treat food as contraband, subject to seizure; weakens America's protest
• Dec 28 Turks are repulsed by the Russians after fighting in Armenia for weeks

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