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Today in History: June 28, Franz Ferdinand assassinated


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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo in August 1914, which marked the outbreak of the World War I. Archduke Ferdinand and his wife boarding a car just prior to his assassination in Sarajevo. (AP Photo)

In an act that sparked World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.


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