Picture No | 10215139 |
Date | 28 June 1914 |
Description | Assassination in Sarajevo |
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The Royal car setting out for a tour of Sarajevo on June 28th 1914. During a visit to the city, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie were assassinated by Serbian nationalists led by Gavrilo Princips. Austria used the incident as a pretext for attacking Serbia thus precipitating World War I.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. July 11th, 1914. P.49 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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