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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – June 2014
10:55am, 28 June 1914. Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. “Sophie, Sophie! Don’t die! Live for our children!” But even as he said the words, Archduke Franz Ferdinand saw the life’s blood drain from his wife. As the light went out of her eyes, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire slumped back in the seat of their […]