Word: principality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile Gavrilo Princip had crossed the quay and regained his courage. The first car turned the corner right in front of him. The Archduke's car started to turn also. General Potiorek called: "That's the wrong way. Drive straight down the Appel Quay." The driver put on the brakes. The car came to a full stop in front of Princip...
...they passed Princip and Grabezh, both of whom lost their nerve with the failure of the first attempt. At the Town Hall the Mayor was waiting. When Franz Ferdinand and Sophie entered he began a speech of welcome. His subject: Bosnian loyalty to the crown. This was too stuffy for Ferdinand. He interrupted: "Enough of that! I make you a visit and you greet me with bombs." Sophie quieted him and the Mayor nervously finished his address...
...lifted his revolver and fired point blank. The bullet pierced the Archduke's neck. Sophie rose to protect her husband. Princip aimed at Potiorek and fired again just as a bystander grabbed his arm. The bullet struck Sophie in the abdomen...
...Princip and his fellow conspirators were tried, convicted and sentenced.* In 1918 he died in prison. By the following year his two shots had caused the deaths of some 19,000,000 men in the world's greatest...
...Princip, Grabezh and Chabrinovitch, too young to receive the death penalty, were sentenced to prison for 20 years...