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The Sarajevo assassination — The assassination of the heir archduke, 28 June 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of Austria-Hungary, and his wife were shot by Gavrilo Princip, a nineteen-year-old Serb nationalist — the gears of the alliances turned a Balkan assassination into a world war in five weeks. (Editorial synthesis)
The Sarajevo assassination took place on 28 June 1914. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Sarajevo assassination took place in Sarajevo. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Sarajevo assassination ended in a chain of threats and mobilizations toward general war. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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