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On June 28, 1992, the Constitution of Estonia was signed into law. 

June 28 birthdays include that of Jean-​Jacques Rousseau, philosopher, in 1712.

On this date in 1914, 19-​year-​old Gavril Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and the Archduke’s wife Sophie. The Archduke had earlier missed a bomb thrown at his car, which necessitated a change in the motorcade route, which the driver forgot, which is why the car paused at the precise intersection in which Princip fired his fatal shots.

The shooting began a series of events that led to “The Great War,” now known as “World War I.” 

This year marks the centennial of that most horrific and destructive of wars.

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