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jun 28, 1914 - The Assassination of the Archduke

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During Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand’s and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Honenberg, official visit to Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, they were shot and killed in their car by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. This event would ultimately lead to a chain of events that lead to the outbreak of World War I.

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jun 28, 1914
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~ 112 years ago

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