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In which city did a wrong turn by Archduke Franz Ferdinand's driver famously place his car in front of his killer in June 1914?
Answer
Sarajevo
The assassination occurred in Sarajevo, then the capital of Austria-Hungary's Bosnia-Herzegovina province, after the motorcade driver mistakenly turned onto Franz Josef Street where Princip was standing.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand's driver took a wrong turn in Sarajevo, accidentally placing the car directly in front of Gavrilo Princip, who had abandoned his assassination attempt minutes earlier.
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- Belgrade
- Vienna
- Zagreb
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