The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's throne was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, set off a chain events that led to the ...

On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered a chain reaction that lead to World War ...

They are instead the basic facts of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, the duchess of Hohenberg, moments before they were assassinated in 1914. Credit Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images ...

Margaret MacMillan discusses the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and why his death led to the Outbreak of World War I. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for ...

Editor's note: On June 27, 1964, Newsday published this article that went "Behind the Headlines," examining the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 50 years after it occurred.

An artistic rendering of Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, which sparked World War I, on June 28, 1914. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) ...

The assassination Monday of the Russian ambassador to Turkey is a horror and a tragedy, but please stop comparing it to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked World War I.

Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie leave Sarajevo City Hall on June 28, 1914, where they attended a reception shortly before their assassination.