June 28 1914 In Sarajevo Two Gunshots One World War On june 28, 1914, the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand sparked world war i. npr's ari shapiro takes a tour of the city and learns the improbable story behind that shot heard round the world. June 28, 1914 in sarajevo : two gunshots, one world war. on june 28, 1914, archduke franz ferdinand of austria and his wife sophie, duchess of honenberg, were assassinated by the yugoslav nationalist gavrilo princip. the murders triggered the outbreak of world war i a few weeks later. but what exactly happened on that morning in sarajevo?.
June 28 1914 In Sarajevo Two Gunshots One World War The assassination of archduke franz ferdinand[ a ] was one of the key events that led to world war i. archduke franz ferdinand of austria, heir presumptive to the austro hungarian throne, and his wife, sophie, duchess of hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 june 1914 by bosnian serb student gavrilo princip. The official schedule for archduke franz ferdinand and sophie, duchess of hohenburg, in sarajevo, bosnia, june 28, 1914. 9:50 a.m. arrive by train from ilidže, bosnia and proceed from the station by car to the town hall 10:10 10:30 a.m. visit the town hall 10:40 11:40 a.m. open and tour the new state museum. 17 mins read. most readers of the times had never heard of sarajevo in june 1914. the assassination of a visiting austrian royal by a balkan nationalist fanatic therefore passed with little comment at british breakfast tables at the end of that month. yet the two pistol shots fired into the back of a limousine by gavrilo princip on 28 june. World jun 27, 2014 9:17 am edt. the shots hurriedly fired at point blank range from the steps of a delicatessen in sarajevo on june 28, 1914, found their royal targets, mortally wounding the heir.
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