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On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, on a visit to Sarajevo precipitated the bloodiest war ever known to man.
A file photo taken on June 28, 1914 shows Serb terrorist Gavrilo Princip (2ndR) being moments after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo. The assassination and the events following it led to the outbreak of the First World War.
A file picture taken on June 28, 1914 shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (4th R), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife leaving the city hall shortly before their assassination in Sarajevo. Thirty days after Europe embarked for the bloodiest war the World had ever known. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
A file photo taken on June 28, 2004, 90 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb nationalist student Gavrilo Princip triggered Wold War I, shows a military history museum in Vienna displaying the car in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was riding in Sarajevo when he was killed. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
A file picture taken on June 28, 1914 shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (6nd L), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shortly before his assassination with his wife in Sarajevo. Thirty days after Europe embarked for the bloodiest war the World had ever known. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
This April 4, 2014 photo shows a reproduction of a London newspaper front page from 1914, which writes about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. With the remembrance of the assassination in the Bosnia capital approaching, the old entrenched positions are resurfacing, making it clear old divisions continue to run deep.
In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, Gavrilo Princip’s grandnephew Novak Princip, 16, hides from rain as he plays with a tennis ball and racket inside the doorway of the house Gavrilo Princip was born in the village of Obljaj, near Bosansko Grahovo, 300 kilometers west of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip, in 1914, ignited World War I by assassinating the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s crown prince Franz Ferdinand on June 28.
In this Feb. 4, 2014 photo, Gavrilo Princip's nephew Nikola Princip, 79, right, and his grandson Novak Princip,16, pay their respects in front of the Serbian Orthodox Chapel located in St. Mark Cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip and his co-conspirers where re-buried at the chapel in 1920 under a large grey granite marker on which is engraved "Heroes of St. Vitus Day".
This undated photo provided by the Historical Archives Sarajevo shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand, right, and his wife Sophie shortly after they were killed on June 28, 1914. Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip fired the shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, during a visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1914.
On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, on a visit to Sarajevo precipitated the bloodiest war ever known to man.
A file photo taken on June 28, 1914 shows Serb terrorist Gavrilo Princip (2ndR) being moments after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo. The assassination and the events following it led to the outbreak of the First World War.
A file picture taken on June 28, 1914 shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (4th R), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife leaving the city hall shortly before their assassination in Sarajevo. Thirty days after Europe embarked for the bloodiest war the World had ever known. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
A file photo taken on June 28, 2004, 90 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb nationalist student Gavrilo Princip triggered Wold War I, shows a military history museum in Vienna displaying the car in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was riding in Sarajevo when he was killed. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
A file picture taken on June 28, 1914 shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (6nd L), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shortly before his assassination with his wife in Sarajevo. Thirty days after Europe embarked for the bloodiest war the World had ever known. Sunny Sarajevo was in festive mood on June 28, 1914 for the visit of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But it was to be a dark day, and one that changed the world.
This April 4, 2014 photo shows a reproduction of a London newspaper front page from 1914, which writes about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. With the remembrance of the assassination in the Bosnia capital approaching, the old entrenched positions are resurfacing, making it clear old divisions continue to run deep.
In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, Gavrilo Princip’s grandnephew Novak Princip, 16, hides from rain as he plays with a tennis ball and racket inside the doorway of the house Gavrilo Princip was born in the village of Obljaj, near Bosansko Grahovo, 300 kilometers west of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip, in 1914, ignited World War I by assassinating the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s crown prince Franz Ferdinand on June 28.
In this Feb. 4, 2014 photo, Gavrilo Princip's nephew Nikola Princip, 79, right, and his grandson Novak Princip,16, pay their respects in front of the Serbian Orthodox Chapel located in St. Mark Cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip and his co-conspirers where re-buried at the chapel in 1920 under a large grey granite marker on which is engraved "Heroes of St. Vitus Day".
This undated photo provided by the Historical Archives Sarajevo shows Archduke Franz Ferdinand, right, and his wife Sophie shortly after they were killed on June 28, 1914. Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip fired the shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, during a visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1914.
