jan 1, 1914 - The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated while he was giving a speech about peace in Sarajevo. It was believe that the assassin was a Serbian nationalist so Austria-Hungry alongside Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire started a war against Britain, Serbia, France, Russia, Italy, and later the United States known as World War 1.
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