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he died on June 28, 1914. it was a Sunday afternoon, he was on his way to perform inspection on his troops. a serbian terrorist group called "The Black Hand" set up points to assassinate him in his car. "So you greet your guests with bombs?!?!" the grenade exploded on the car behind him, but noone died. He went to see how the hurt were in the hospital from the exlosion and his driver turned down the wrong street. there a man named Gavrilo Princip (a member of The Black Hand) shot The Archdukes wife (then Pregnant) in the stomache and then the archduke in the juggular vein in the neck. they died where they stood. on July 28, World War 1 was declared because of the incident.

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