Although the incident that sparked the beginning of World War I actually took place on June 28th, today, July 28th is the anniversary of the start of the Great War. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia. This incident is often thought as the beginning of World War I. While it sparked the Great War, the beginning of World War I could not have actually started until war was declared, which happened exactly one month later, on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia , followed within the week by the five major powers in Europe - Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Belgium . It was 100 years ago today that the Great War began. It is only fitting that we take a few moments today to remember this momentous event as it was one of the deadliest conflicts in world history, involving at least 27 countries (as that's how many were mentioned as associated with either the Allied or Associated Powers in the Treaty of Versailles), and causing the death of more than 16 million people globally. May we never again experience a global war and its devastating effects.
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