28 June 2016
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Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated on 28 June 1914
On this day in history, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The Archduke’s killing precipitates Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia, setting off the chain of events leading to the First World War.
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