Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Latin Bridge near the assassination site. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I. Ironically, ...

“Archduke,” the title of Rajiv Joseph’s new play, sounds like the answer to a high school social studies quiz on 20th century European history. As I hope all of you remember, the assassination of ...

SARAJEVO Sarajevo (dpa) – Sarajevo may soon put up a monument to the archduke whose assassination in 1914 triggered the First World War, but a few Serb-Moslem disagreements have to be settled first.

Editor's note: On June 27, 1964, Newsday published this article that went "Behind the Headlines," examining the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 50 years after it occurred. We republish it ...

Rajiv Joseph’s world premiere play “Archduke,” as its title evidences, centers on the assassination that history tells us led to World War I. It also examines our innate need to live a meaningful life ...

On this date in history: In 1778, the Continental Army under command of Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Monmouth, N.J. In 1838, Victoria was crowned queen of England. She would rule for ...

From 5 to 23 November, this year's Autumn Auction at Hermann Historica GmbH offered buyers the usual wide range of high quality, precious objects from numerous eras and from every corner of the globe.

It could have been a still from a Quentin Tarantino movie: the image of a photogenic young man -- armed and dangerous, and impeccably dressed in a dark suit and white shirt -- surrounded by an ...