June 28 Birthday
June 28, 1914: Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old Serbian nationalist, shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The assassination led, through a chain of alliances, to World War I within five weeks. Princip's first assassination attempt that day had failed — a bomb bounced off the Archduke's car. The Archduke's driver then took a wrong turn, and the car stalled in front of the cafe where Princip had gone after the failed attempt. One wrong turn. 17 million dead. People born on June 28 fall under the zodiac sign of Cancer. The birthstone is Pearl and the birth flower is Rose. Historical events on June 28 include 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated (starts WWI), 1969: Stonewall riots begin, 1997: Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's ear. Famous people born on June 28 include Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Mel Brooks (1926), John Cusack (1966).