The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was traveling with his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg in an open-topped car when both were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria
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