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Events on Sunday 28 June 1914 2
1914Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandThe Spark of WWIThe heir to the throne was killed in Sarajevo, triggering the chain of events that led to World War I.
1914Franz Ferdinand is assassinatedSarajevo, BosniaGavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie after the motorcade took a wrong turn and stopped in front of him. Six other conspirators had already failed that morning.