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Assassination of the Archduke
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. A bomb is thrown at their auto but misses. Undaunted, they continue their visit only to be shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believing the assassin to be a Serbian nationalist, the Austrians target their anger toward Serbia. -
Austria-Hungary declares war
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War -
Great Britain declares war on Germany.
The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. -
the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning
the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans. -
French passenger ship
; German cruiser ; British battleship Albemarle ; American businessman Walter M. Geddes -
A blast at a munitions factory
in London killed 73 and injured over 400 workers, with the resulting fire causing over £2,000,000 -
the United States formally declared war against Germany
and entered the conflict in Europe. For three years, President Woodrow Wilson strove to maintain American neutrality. Anti-war sentiment ran across the political spectrum. -
Shock troops with the Austro-Hungarian Army
pushed 11 Italian divisions off the Mount Ortigara -
US date format: 6/28/1918,
UK date format: 28/6/1918 what our experts found out: it was Friday, under the sign of Cancer (see zodiac on June 28, 1918). -
the armistice signed at Le
Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between
