Muhamed Mehmedbašić, whom is generally forgotten, was apprehended for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was one of the principal planner of the killing plot. A Muslim, he lived a complicated life supporting Serbian independence.
Mehmedbašić in 1943.
He escaped from prison two days later in circumstances that remain suspicious, remained involved, perhaps, in various movements, and was killed by the Ustaše in 1943, showing perhaps that he remained a significant figure in some ways.
Albanian rebels captured Berat.
Shots were fired at the homes of striking miners in Hartford, Arkansas, causing them to riot thereafter.
Last edition:
Saturday, July 11, 1914. Babe Ruth premiers, as does the USS Nevada.
Labels: 1910s, 1914, 1940s, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1948, Anarchy, baseball, boats and ships, Diplomacy, Germany, Iwo Jima, July Crisis, Okinawa, Operation Dragoon, Serbia, U.S. Navy, World War One, World War Two
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