On this day - 28 June

On June 28th 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The pair were shot while being driven through Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. Extensive planning went into the assassination plan. Six assassins were stationed along the route it was known the Archduke's car would drive, giving multiple opportunities for the assassination to occur. A bomb was thrown earlier in the day and bounced off the rear of the Archduke's vehicle before detonating under the following car.

This event led to the start of World War 1, with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia.