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In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip — an act that sparked World War I. In June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie traveled to Bosnia, which had been annexed by Austria-Hungary, for a state visit. On … Read more

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On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere. In 1972, President Richard Nixon’s eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside the Washington, D.C., Watergate complex. In 1994, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, … Read more