Diary JUNE 28, 1914

06-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo — Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife just before leaving for the city tour of Sarajevo, both of which costs their life.

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 28, 1914:

BOSNIA

MURDERING OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND AT SARAJEVO, AUSTRIAN HEIR, together with his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg, during their visit of the Bosnian capital. Both shot by Gavrilo Princip, an 19-year-old Bosnian Serb student belonging to the Serbian Black Hand terrorist organization. The weapons were obtained in Belgrade.

POLITICS: GERMANY
The Kaiser told the news while racing his yacht Meteor in Kiel Bay.

POLITICS: TURKEY
Anglo-German-owned Turkish petroleum company gains exclusive exploitation rights in Mesopotamia.

POLITICS: USA
Suffragettes march on Capitol.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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