Čabrinović throws a bomb at the Archduke's motorcade
1914 · Event
On the Appel Quay, Nedeljko Čabrinović's bomb bounces off Franz Ferdinand's car and wounds those behind; he swallows stale cyanide and jumps into the shallow Miljacka.
On these timelines: July Crisis & Outbreak of WW1, World War I, The Habsburg Dynasty, Master
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