jun 28, 1914 - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 came as tensions between European powers were reaching boiling point over their empires, military superiority and the struggle for home rule by smaller nations in the Balkans.
In Bosnia, a 19-year-old Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, was one of many angry young men wanting to free his country from the control of Austria-Hungary.
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