It would have been incomprehensible, at the turn of the nineteenth century, to believe that the actions of one man could set in motion a series of events that would reverberate through history for the...
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Gavrilo Princip's assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was the catalyst for events that ultimately led to World War I. Princip and his cohorts sought autonomy for Bosnia-Herzegovina, which...
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"If I hadn't done it, the Germans would have found some other excuse [for war]."
This statement was made by Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian student who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajev...
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On June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip, a Slavic nationalist. This ignites a war assumed to be short, between Seberia ...
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Today is Saturday, April 28, the 118th day of 2007. There are 247 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 28, 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Pet...
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“All news breaks online anyway,” said Richard Stengel, the managing editor of Time magazine. “So why are we hoarding things to release them on Sunday night? It just seems crazy.&#...
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Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip
Did Gavrilo Princip Start the War?
Today in history - April 28
