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What marked the starting point of World War I?

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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist. This provoked Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, which brought about World War I.

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