Franz Ferdinand Assassination
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This Week in History/June 2026/Week 4
The Assassination That Started World War I, June 28, 1914 On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was next in line to the Hungarian throne, and his wife, Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg, were killed while visiting Sarajevo. The killer, Gavrilo Princip, was a 19-year-old member of a group called Young Bosnia that wanted independence.…
