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  Assassination in Sarajevo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The day of the assassination, June 28, is June 15 in the Julian calendar, the feast of St.
In Serbia, it is called Vidovdan and commemorates the 1389 Battle of Kosovo against the Ottomans at which the Sultan was assassinated in his tent by a Serb; it is an occasion for Serbian patriotic observances.
It could be argued that this assassination set in train most of the major events of the 20th century, with its reverberations lingering into the 21st.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assassination_in_Sarajevo   (3993 words)

  
 Talk:Assassination in Sarajevo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Assassination in Sarajevo is a former good article candidate.
It may also be worth noting that the assassination was one of the finest examples of Chaos Theory in action.
I had recently seen on a documentary regarding the assassination and it was stated that the gun's that were supplied to the assassins were made by Browning.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Assassination_in_Sarajevo   (1923 words)

  
 Encyclopédie :: encyclopedia : Sarajevo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sarajevo vient du turc saray qui signifie « palais, château du gouverneur » (que l'on retrouve dans le français sérail).
Sarajevo connaît des étés chauds, avec des températures de 35°C pas inhabituelles et des hivers froids, où la neige est garantie du fait de l'altitude la ville.
Sarajevo accueillit les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver en 1984.
www.encyclopedie.cc /Sarajevo   (2299 words)

  
 Sarajevo - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914, was an immediate cause of World War I. Sarajevo was the scene of several important battles between Allied resistance fighters and the Germans in World War II, during which the city sustained considerable damage.
Sarajevo, though remaining largely under Bosnian government control, was under siege from Serbs in the surrounding hills and suburbs until 1996.
Refugees in Sarajevo are glad to have the shelter of the old orphanage.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/sarajevo.asp   (547 words)

  
 Owings - The Sarajevo Trial - Part One
Sarajevo is a provincial capital of Bosnia, a province of Serbia, which was, in turn, a minor yet growing thorn in the side of the decaying Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The trial of the Sarajevo assassins was intended in large part to expose and prove the complicity of agents of the Serbian government such as Apis in the killing of the royal couple.
The youthful assassins were committed to the ideal of Yugoslavism, seeking the formation of a state comprised of South Slavs, which would inevitably have to be carved largely out of the Hapsburg empire, which in turn meant the dissolution of the Empire.
www.ucis.pitt.edu /eehistory/H200Readings/Topic6-R2.html   (5527 words)

  
 Sarajevo Incident - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sarajevo Incident, assassination by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent of the...
The assassination in Serajevo (Sarajevo) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Imperial throne, was a watershed...
Born into a peasant family in the Krajina area of Bosnia, Princip attended secondary school in Sarajevo (1911-1912) where he came into contact with...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Sarajevo_Incident.html   (128 words)

  
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The Archduke spoke at the town hall where he made a scathing speech denouncing the first assassin even while the paper his speech was written on was stained with the blood of one of his wounded attendants.
Using this opportunity, the second assassin Gavrilo Princip walked up to the car and stood on the running board, pulled out his revolver and coldly shot the Archduke in the head and his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg in the neck.
We believe the assassination of the Archduke was purely the fault of the terrorist group the Black Hand and its sponsor the independent state of Serbia.
www.angelfire.com /la/vivemoi/john.html   (747 words)

  
 Assassination of an Archduke, 1914
Two bullets fired on a Sarajevo street on a sunny June morning in 1914 set in motion a series of events that shaped the world we live in today.
The assassin, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip burned with the fire of Slavic nationalism.
Brook-Shepard, Gordon, Archduke of Sarajevo (1984); Dedijer, Vladimir, The Road To Sarajevo (1966); Morton, Frederick, Thunder At Twilight (1989).
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /duke.htm   (942 words)

  
 WebMagic's WebGuide: Crimes.com/Assassination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Assassination at Sarajevo - Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb student in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina on June 28th, 1914, touching off the First World War.
President William McKinley Assassinated - The assassination of President McKinley by an anarchist occurred on September 6, 1901.
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated - Robert F. Kennedy, candidate for the presidency, was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5th, 1968.
webguide.webmagic.com /Crimes.com/Assassination   (287 words)

  
 Assassination at Sarajevo
The day was inextricably linked with Serbian nationalism, and with the assassination of foreign rulers.
Only 120 policeman were on duty in Sarajevo, and they were so excited that they forgot to watch the crowds, and looked at the procession instead.
The six conspirators had posted themselves along the route; the Appel Quay was `a regular avenue of assassins.' As the procession moved along the Appel Quay there were a few shouts of Zivio!
www.johndclare.net /causes_WWI3_Sarajevo.htm   (1091 words)

  
 On June 28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Countess Sophie were killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the revolutionary youth organization Young Bosnia.
Some of the other assassins left upon hearing the explosion, under the assumption that the Archduke had been killed.
Princip's weapon itself, along with car the Archduke was riding in, his bloodstained uniform, and the chaise lounge on which he was placed while being attended to by physicians, are kept as a permanent exhibit in the Museum of Military History, Vienna, Austria.
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 Sarajevo, June 28, 1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When it was learned that the Heir-Apparent to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, was scheduled to visit Sarajevo in June of 1914, the Black Hand decided to assassinate him.
A weak attempt was made to intercept the assassins at the border.
Sarajevo: the story of a political murder, by Joachim Remak, 1959.
www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/sarajevo.html   (2074 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Behind the Assassination Attempt in Sarajevo
Just a few hours before Pope John Paul arrived in Sarajevo, security officials removed 23 land mines from a bridge on the route the Pope would be taking from the airport into the city.
And by planting multiple mines under the bridge in Sarajevo, the bombers had evidently plotted an ambush which would destroy several different vehicles in a convoy--thereby enhancing their prospects of for a successful "kill" on the car which was carrying the Pope.
Since thousands of security officers were involved in the effort to protect the Holy Father during his trip to Sarajevo, the discovery of the land mines was a severe jolt, implying a major flaw in the security system.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=4735   (600 words)

  
 Propaganda Postcards of the Great War (World War 1), Sarajevo Murder
Franz Ferdinand, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, the brother of emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, was born in 1863.
After attending the official reception at the City Hall, Franz Ferdinand asked about the members of his party that had been wounded by the bomb and he insisted to be taken to the hospital to see them.
The assassin stepped forward, drew his gun, and at a distance of about five feet, fired several times on and into the car.
www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com /sarajevo_murder.html   (467 words)

  
 Trenches on the Web - Timeline: 28-Jun-1914 - Assassination in Sarajevo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The assassins returned to Sarajevo on Jun-3 with pistols, bombs and cyanide to await the visit of the Archduke.
Franz Ferdinand joked that the would-be assassin would probably be given the Medal of Merit in Vienna.
The mayor of Sarajevo, Fehim Effendi Curcic, rode in the first car and was unaware of what had transpired at the bridge.
www.worldwar1.com /tlsara.htm   (1385 words)

  
 World War One - The Plotter Behind The Scene
It was not the assassination at Sarajevo, not the Slavic ferment of anti-Teutonism in Austria and the Balkans.
The assassination at Sarajevo was only the peg for the pendant of war.
He was a guest of the Kaiser at Kiel on board the Imperial yacht Meteor when the message was received informing the Kaiser of the assassination at Sarajevo.
www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-4.shtml   (4360 words)

  
 History of THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
During it, at the formal opening of the diet, a student makes an assassination attempt on the governor of the province.
Hearing that the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand is to visit the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, some young Serb nationalists lay plans to assassinate him.
On the day itself the Austrians prove positively foolhardy.The archduke and his wife are on their way to the town hall when a bomb is thrown at their car.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?paragraphid=mqc   (1098 words)

  
 ASSASSINATION (in MARION)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Assassination and political violence; a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.
The assassination chronicles : inquest, counterplot, and legend.
Assassination in Algiers : Churchill, Roosevelt, de Gaulle, and the murder of admiral darlan.
www-catalog.cpl.org /MARION?T=ASSASSINATION   (101 words)

  
 Sarajevo
Welcome to Sarajevo - Director: Michael Winterbottom Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce Director of Photography: Daf Hobson...
Surviving Sarajevo: a people still besieged, in a city not yet saved.(Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Sarajevo is a lively city with rich culture, beautiful environs.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0843648.html   (479 words)

  
 The Assassination at Sarajevo
On Sunday, June 28, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Francis Ferdinand, and his morganatic wife, Sofia Chotek, were assassinated at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
Expelled from the gymnasium at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, for revolutionary activities, he went to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Two hours before Francis Ferdinand arrived in Sarajevo all the twenty-two conspirators were in their allotted positions, armed and ready.
www.ucis.pitt.edu /eehistory/H200Readings/Topic6-R1.html   (1456 words)

  
 Vedran Smailovic : Sarajevo to Belfast - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
While the theme is tragedy and the recovery from it in both regions of discord, the focus is pretty clearly on the atrocities in Sarajevo.
The album opens on "Ode to Sarajevo," a chorus piece (which includes Joan Baez); "Bembasa" is built from an old Sephardic work; and Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" closes out the opening trio.
A waltz that was once played before Archduke Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo (opening World War I) returns the focus to Sarejevo, followed by an Albinoni piece played by Smailovic after the bread-line massacre of 1992.
www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,883540-887915,00.html   (424 words)

  
 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Austria had annexed Bosnia in 1908, a move that was not popular with the Bosnian people.
It was planned that Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie would be met at the station and taken by car to the City Hall where they would have lunch before going to inspect the troops.
A Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand, had decided that the Archduke should be assassinated and the planned visit provided the ideal opportunity.
www.historyonthenet.com /WW1/assassination.htm   (395 words)

  
 sarajevo - OneLook Dictionary Search
Sarajevo : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Sarajevo, Sarajevo : The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
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 World War I, The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Borijove Jevtic, one of the leaders of the Narodna Odbrana who was arrested with Gavrilo Princip immediately after the assassination, gave this firsthand account of the killing.
A tiny clipping from a newspaper, mailed without comment from a secret band of terrorists in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, to their comrades in Belgrade, was the torch which set the world afire with war in 1914.
They were conived [sic] in Sarajevo all the twenty-two conspirators were in their allotted positions, armed and ready.
www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/1914/ferddead.html   (710 words)

  
 First World War: Lesson 3 (Austro-Hungary and Serbia)
There is nothing to show the complicity of the Serbian government in the direction of the assassination or its preparations or in supplying of weapons.
(c)Nikola Pasic and the Serbian government was guilty of complicity in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Although the horrible murder was the work of a Serbian society with branches all over the country, many details prove that the Serbian government had neither instigated or desired it.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /A3FWW.htm   (423 words)

  
 Trenches on the Web - Timeline: 28-Jun-1914 - Assassination in Sarajevo - Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is believed he provided the training and weapons for the assassination.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie arrive at Sarajevo City Hall accompanied by General Oskar Potiorek (right), Military Governor of Bosnia.
The couple leaving Sarajevo City Hall and entering the car for the last time.
www.worldwar1.com /tlsara2.htm   (248 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mayerling to Sarajevo: Video: Max Ophüls,Edwige Feuillère,John Lodge,Aimé Clariond,Jean Worms,Jean ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In June of 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present.
The match is rejected by the court, but their love prevails through diplomatic compromise, social snubbing, and royal insult (in classic Ophüls fashion, we learn of their fate through conversations in opera boxes and servants gossiping behind closed palace doors).
Since the end of this particular story - the couple's assassination at Sarajevo - is so well-known, it is hardly a spoiler to discuss the tragedy, which forms the last sequence of the movie, here.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304304013?v=glance   (1171 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Sarajevo, Former Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Sarajevo, Former Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The city is the seat of an Orthodox Eastern metropolitan, a Roman Catholic archbishop, and the chief ulema of the Bosnian Muslims, who constituted about 50% of the population before the city was torn apart by war in 1992.
The Congress of Berlin (1878) gave Sarajevo and the rest of Bosnia and Hercegovina to Austria-Hungary, where it remained until its incorporation in 1918 into Yugoslavia.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sarajevo.html   (476 words)

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