15 Iconic Newspaper Covers That Went Down in History

Heir to Austria’s Throne Is Slain With His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Country

When this story was initially reported in The New York Times on June 29, 1914, no one could have predicted that it would lead to a war with approximately 20 million civilian and military casualties, and around 21 million wounded.

When Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie Chotek were shot in Sarajevo, it ultimately triggered a chain of events that resulted in World War I. This front page conveys the magnitude of this major world event.