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JUNE 28, 1914

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7GREEN	JUNE 28, 1914	Lead	[-]
Posts: 612 (06/25/09 06:18 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Countess Sophie Chotek are assasinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip.
Bundook		#1	[-]
Posts: 516 (06/25/09 09:47 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I understand Princip used a Browning 1910.
RLMbassist		#2	[-]
Posts: 37 (06/26/09 12:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I wish I could have toured Franz's trophy room. From what I've seen on the HC it was pretty grand. Also, Princip was suposedly the worst shot of the "Black Hand." Ironic. Last Edited By: RLMbassist 06/26/09 12:12 AM. Edited 1 times.
7GREEN		#3	[-]
Posts: 613 (06/28/09 11:02 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Princip fire from at most 5 feet away. He might have been a bad shot but he had nerve.
eagle7		#4	[-]
Posts: 3972 (06/29/09 12:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	He hit the archduke in the throat, severing his jugular vein.
beanstrung		#5	[-]
Posts: 5293 (06/29/09 09:26 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	lousy head-shot, huh? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
eagle7		#6	[-]
Posts: 3978 (07/01/09 11:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	At least he was a better shot than the guys that shot President Garfield and President McKinley, who both lingered for days or weeks before dying a painful death.
RLMbassist		#7	[-]
Posts: 82 (08/09/09 06:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I always wondered, did he intend to kill Sophie too, or was it a stray bullet?

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