Beginning of World War I
Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country on this day in 1914, sparking World War I. 1914.
The Irish Republican Army announced that it had ended its armed campaign and instead would pursue only peaceful means to achieve its objectives. 2005.
Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurain won his first of five consecutive Tour de France titles. 1991.
An earthquake in the industrial city of Tangshan, China, killed more than 240,000 people. 1976.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—which granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the Civil War—entered into force.1868.
