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Gavrilo Princip
He was nineteen years old, standing in the street after a failed assassination attempt, when the archduke's car took a wrong turn and stopped directly in front of him.
1894–1918
Life Journey
From restless youth to a shot that changed the world
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1894
Rural beginnings
Gavrilo Princip was born into a poor farming family in Bosnia, growing up in a region marked by political tension and foreign rule.