TODAY IN HISTORY

1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip — an act which sparked World War I. 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the First World War. 1939

Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles, France. 1940

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Alien Registration Act, also known as the Smith Act, which required adult foreigners residing in the U.S. to be registered and fingerprinted.