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Authors: Anne Williams, Vivian Head
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instrumental in destroying the labour movement in Los Angeles.
As for the newspaper itself, Otis Chandler remained with the Los Angeles Times until 1980. In 2000 the Times-Mirror Company was purchased by the Tribune Company of Chicago, Illinois, ending one of the last examples of a family-controlled metropolitan daily newspaper in the United States. John Carroll, former editor of the Baltimore Sun, was brought in to modernize the appearance of the publication, and today it is the nation’s fourth-largest newspaper, with an average weekday circulation of approximately 850,000.
Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me. It is outrageous.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914, started a series of diplomatic events that were instrumental in provoking World War I.
Franz Ferdinand, the eldest son of Carl Ludwig, was born in 1863. He had a difficult childhood that was plagued with illness, and his family never really expected him to survive into adulthood. However, Ferdinand was much stronger than his family had anticipated, and by his 13th birthday, his ill health was just a distant memory. He joined the Austro-Hungarian army in 1883 and proved his worth by working his way up from Captain to General in a relatively short period of time.
Ferdinand first met Sophie von Chotkovato in Prague in 1888, and it was here, at a dance, that the couple fell in love. Although Sophie was descended from a noble Bohemian family, she was not considered to be an elligible partner for the future Archduke. Ideally, a suitable marriage partner needed to be a direct descendant of the House of Hapsburg or from one of the ruling dynasties of Europe. However, Ferdinand insisted that he would marry no other woman, and to avoid undermining the stability of the monarchy, Emperor Franz Josef offered him a solution. He told Ferdinand that he would be allowed to marry Sophie as long as it was stipulated that her descendants would not be allowed to succeed to the throne. He was also informed that his wife would not be allowed to accompany him in the royal carriage, or even sit beside him in the royal box.
The wedding went ahead even though the only members of Ferdinand’s family to attend were his stepmother, Maria Theresia, and her two daughters. Despite this rocky start, the marriage was a success and they had three children – Sophie, Maximilian and Ernst.
In 1896 at the age of 51, Franz Ferdinand became heir to the throne following the death of his father. In the years leading up to his reign, Ferdinand’s relations with Kaiser Wilhelm and the other Archdukes was at times hostile. However, the bitterness eventually subsided and Ferdinand started to take a more serious role in the activities of the government. His first major appointment was as Inspector of the Army, which made him realize the Kaiser’s army was in poor shape, thus giving him the chance to reshape it. He promoted naval expansion and modernized the military, and he soon became a popular man with the armed forces. His reputation spread, and Franz Ferdinand was invited to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to make an inspection of the Austro-Hungarian troops there.
T HE B LACK H ANDS AND THE E VENTS L EADING U P TO THE A SSASSINATION
Both Bosnia and Hertzegovina were provinces just south of Austria, which, up until 1878, had been governed by the Turks. The disposition of land lost by the Turks during their disastrous war with Russia was settled in 1878 with the Treaty of Berlin. Bosnia was now populated primarily by three groups – Croats (Roman Catholics), ethnic Serbs and Muslims. Many of the Bosnian-Serbs had a strong desire to unite their lands with that of their Serb associates across the river, a desire
As for the newspaper itself, Otis Chandler remained with the Los Angeles Times until 1980. In 2000 the Times-Mirror Company was purchased by the Tribune Company of Chicago, Illinois, ending one of the last examples of a family-controlled metropolitan daily newspaper in the United States. John Carroll, former editor of the Baltimore Sun, was brought in to modernize the appearance of the publication, and today it is the nation’s fourth-largest newspaper, with an average weekday circulation of approximately 850,000.
Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me. It is outrageous.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914, started a series of diplomatic events that were instrumental in provoking World War I.
Franz Ferdinand, the eldest son of Carl Ludwig, was born in 1863. He had a difficult childhood that was plagued with illness, and his family never really expected him to survive into adulthood. However, Ferdinand was much stronger than his family had anticipated, and by his 13th birthday, his ill health was just a distant memory. He joined the Austro-Hungarian army in 1883 and proved his worth by working his way up from Captain to General in a relatively short period of time.
Ferdinand first met Sophie von Chotkovato in Prague in 1888, and it was here, at a dance, that the couple fell in love. Although Sophie was descended from a noble Bohemian family, she was not considered to be an elligible partner for the future Archduke. Ideally, a suitable marriage partner needed to be a direct descendant of the House of Hapsburg or from one of the ruling dynasties of Europe. However, Ferdinand insisted that he would marry no other woman, and to avoid undermining the stability of the monarchy, Emperor Franz Josef offered him a solution. He told Ferdinand that he would be allowed to marry Sophie as long as it was stipulated that her descendants would not be allowed to succeed to the throne. He was also informed that his wife would not be allowed to accompany him in the royal carriage, or even sit beside him in the royal box.
The wedding went ahead even though the only members of Ferdinand’s family to attend were his stepmother, Maria Theresia, and her two daughters. Despite this rocky start, the marriage was a success and they had three children – Sophie, Maximilian and Ernst.
In 1896 at the age of 51, Franz Ferdinand became heir to the throne following the death of his father. In the years leading up to his reign, Ferdinand’s relations with Kaiser Wilhelm and the other Archdukes was at times hostile. However, the bitterness eventually subsided and Ferdinand started to take a more serious role in the activities of the government. His first major appointment was as Inspector of the Army, which made him realize the Kaiser’s army was in poor shape, thus giving him the chance to reshape it. He promoted naval expansion and modernized the military, and he soon became a popular man with the armed forces. His reputation spread, and Franz Ferdinand was invited to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to make an inspection of the Austro-Hungarian troops there.
T HE B LACK H ANDS AND THE E VENTS L EADING U P TO THE A SSASSINATION
Both Bosnia and Hertzegovina were provinces just south of Austria, which, up until 1878, had been governed by the Turks. The disposition of land lost by the Turks during their disastrous war with Russia was settled in 1878 with the Treaty of Berlin. Bosnia was now populated primarily by three groups – Croats (Roman Catholics), ethnic Serbs and Muslims. Many of the Bosnian-Serbs had a strong desire to unite their lands with that of their Serb associates across the river, a desire
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